forworkとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

forwork (third-person singular simple present forworks, present participle forworking, simple past and past participle forworked or forwrought)

1. (archaic, transitive) To forfeit (a possession, privilege, etc.); ruin (oneself) by one's own conduct.

   Synonym: shoot oneself in the foot

2. (archaic, transitive) To obstruct; barricade; block.

   Synonyms: forslow; see also Thesaurus:obstruct

   • 1881, Grant Allen, Early Britain:

     And Æthelwold sat within the ham, with the men that to him had bowed, and he had forwrought [obstructed] all the gates in, and said that he would either there live or there lie.

3. (archaic, transitive) To do wrong to; injure; scathe.

   Synonyms: harm, wound; see also Thesaurus:harm, Thesaurus:do evil

4. (archaic, transitive) To overwork; exhaust with toil.

   Synonyms: burn out, overburden, overlabour, overply, overtax, run someone ragged

   • 1889, St. John's College (University of Cambridge), The Eagle:

     And toiling so, well-nigh forwrought, She prayed full fervently; […]