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Forburn

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To destroy or damage by burning. obsolete, transitive

    "[He] sent then a host thither and bade slay all the town-ship, and forburn the town."

  2. 2
    To burn; to be consumed by fire. intransitive, obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English forburnen, forbrinnen, from Old English forbirnan (intransitive) and forbærnan (transitive), equivalent to for- + burn. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ferbaadenje, ferbaanje (“to burn up”), West Frisian ferbarne (“to burn up”), German Low German verbrannen (“to burn up”), German verbrennen (“to burn up, incinerate”).

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