forlie
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English forliggen, from Old English forliċġan (reflexive, “to lie with, fornicate”), from Proto-West Germanic *fraliggjan, equivalent to for- + lie. Cognate with Dutch verliggen, German verliegen.
Verb
[edit]forlie (third-person singular simple present forlies, present participle forlying, simple past forlay, past participle forlain)
- (transitive) To lie with.
- (transitive) To overlay (a child).
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