foresnaffle en · VERB
Etymology
From fore- + snaffle.
Meanings
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(obsolete, rare, transitive) To restrain; prohibit.
Had I not foresnaffled my mind by votarie promise Not to yoke in wedlock too no wight earthly my person, When my first feloship by murther beastly was eended, Had I not such daliaunce, such pipling bed gle renounced, Haply this one faultie […]
1844, The Gentleman's Magazine, volumes 176-177, page 606:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| foresnaffling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| foresnaffles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| foresnaffled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| foresnaffled | Tense=Past | lexicographic |