verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To defend. obsolete, transitive
2. 2
   To exhaust or overfatigue (oneself) with fighting. UK, dialectal, transitive

Etymology

From Middle English forfighten, forfehten (“to fight for, defend; exhaust with fighting”), equivalent to for- + fight.

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