Forguilt

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To bring into a state of guilt; make guilty. obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To forfeit by guilty conduct; bring into by guilt. obsolete, transitive
  3. 3
    To be guilty. intransitive, obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English forgilten, forgulten (“to render guilty, forfeit by guilt”), from Old English forgyltan (“to sin, be or become guilty”), equivalent to for- + guilt.

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