forfight

verb — 2 senses

forfight

verb

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

1

Obsolete To defend.

2

UK, Dialectal To exhaust or overfatigue (oneself) with fighting.

Derived terms
forfighter, forfought, forfoughten

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