forswallow

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To swallow up; devour utterly; engulf. obsolete,transitive

词形变化

forswallows present,singular,third-person forswallowing participle,present forswallowed participle,past forswallowed past

词源

From Middle English forswolewen, forswoluwen, forswolȝen, forswalȝen, forswelȝen, from Old English forswelgan, forswilgan (“to swallow up, devour, consume, absorb”), from Proto-Germanic *farswelganą, *fraswelganą (“to devour”), from Proto-Germanic *fra- + *swelganą (“to swallow”), equivalent to for- + swallow. Cognate with Dutch verzwelgen (“to engulf, swallow up”), Middle Low German vorswelgen (“to swallow up”), Middle High German verswelgen (“to swallow up”). More at for-, swallow.
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