forcover en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle English forcoveren (“to cover, cover up”), equivalent to for- + cover.
Meanings
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(archaic, rare, transitive) To cover completely, cover over; to cover up, conceal.
And she did about his hands little skins of kids, and she forcovered the nakedness of the neck, and gave the dish and took the loaves that she had baked.
1879, Thomas Pownall Boultbee, A history of the Church of England: pre-Reformation period:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| forcovers | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| forcovered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| forcovered | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| forcovering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |