forfight

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Etymology

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

Verb

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forfight (third-person singular simple present forfights, present participle forfighting, simple past forfought, past participle forfought or forfoughten)

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

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