Forlie

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To lie with. transitive
  2. 2
    To overlay (a child). transitive

Etymology

From Middle English forliggen, from Old English forliċġan (reflexive, “to lie with, fornicate”), from Proto-West Germanic *fraliggjan, equivalent to for- + lie. Cognate with Dutch verliggen, German verliegen.

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