forwalk

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Etymology

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From Middle English forwalken, equivalent to for- +‎ walk.

Verb

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forwalk (third-person singular simple present forwalks, present participle forwalking, simple past and past participle forwalked)

  1. (transitive) To walk (someone) excessively; weary with walking.
    • 1815, Thomas Nash, Christ's tears over Jerusalem:
      [] they wear away with continuance, even as time doth wear and forewalk us; []