Forstop

//fə(ɹ)ˈstɒp// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To stop up; block; clog; obstruct; to stifle (the breath); to dam up (a watercourse). obsolete, transitive

Etymology

From Middle English forstoppen, from Old English forstoppian (“to stop up, close”), equivalent to for- + stop. Cognate with Dutch verstoppen (“to clog, obstruct, conceal”), German verstopfen (“to block, clog, plug, stop up”), Swedish förstoppa (“to constipate”).

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