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forweary en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English forwerien, equivalent to for- + weary.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, transitive) To weary utterly; tire out.
   • Forwearied with my sportes, I did alight From loftie steed, and downe to sleepe me layd 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book IX, Canto XIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become wearied.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
forwearied	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
forwearied	Tense=Past		lexicographic
forwearying	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
forwearies	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic

forweary en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English forwery, equivalent to for- (“very, excessively”) + weary.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Excessively weary; exhausted with fatigue.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most forweary	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more forweary	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic