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forshrink

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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English forshrinken, forschrinken, from Old English forsċrincan (“to
shrink up, dry up, wither away”), equivalent to for- (“completely, to the fullest
extent”) + shrink.

Verb[edit]
forshrink (third-person singular simple present forshrinks, present participle
forshrinking, simple past forshrank, past participle forshrunk or forshrunken)

(intransitive, archaic) To shrink up; dry up; wither.

1870, Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Cowden Clarke, The riches of Chaucer:
Forshrunk with heat the ladies eke to-brent, [...]
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