forwake
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English forwaken, forwakien, equivalent to for- + wake.
Verb
[edit]forwake (third-person singular simple present forwakes, present participle forwaking, simple past and past participle forwaked)
- (transitive, obsolete) To exhaust or tire out with excessive waking or watching.
- 1390, John Gower, Confessio Amantis:
- He was forwept, he was forwaked.