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Meaning of forgrow | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. To grow to excess or out of shape; grow unduly.
    intransitive, obsolete
  2. To become grown over; overgrow; become covered with growth (usually one that is excessive or unsightly).
    intransitive, obsolete

Examples

“A terror to the new made folke, which neuer erst had knowne So foule a Dragon in their life, so monstrously foregrowne, So great a ground thy poyson paunch did vnderneath thée hide.”
“And after the floode was passed & Noy and his housholde come out of the arke, the worlde beyng deuided among his thre sonnes, Sem, Cham, and Iaphethe, and that the people began eftsones to multiplye and increase, the worlde was so forgrowen in wickednes, that there was none found, that truely worshipped god […]”
“Plutarch saith that mens minds do rust and forgrow through idlenes […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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