† forgrowv.

Forms: see grow v.

Etymology: Old English forgrówan , < for- prefix¹ + grówan: see grow v.

Obsolete. rare except in past participle forgrown.

1. intransitive. To grow to excess or out of shape. Only in past participle forgrown, overgrown, misshapen.

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OE Riming Poem 46 Scriþeð nu deop in feore brondhord geblowen, breostum in forgrowen, flyhtum toflowen.

1399 Sarcastic Verses in Archæol. XXI. 89 Þis is a busch þat is forgrowe.

1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng (longer ed.) f. cliii^v A pylgremes hat..with a long and forgrowen bearde.

1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis i. f. 7 So fowle a Dragon..so monstruously forgrownen.

1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. x. f. 83 Althoughe the party be fat and forgrowen.

1601 L. Andrewes Serm. (1641) II. (Matt. xxii. 21) 96 The fat and foregrown rammes within our own fold.

figurative.1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie clxxxii. 1129 An euill custome is nothing else than an errour forgrowen.

a. transitive. To overgrow, cover with a growth (usually one that is excessive or unsightly).

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c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 129 Forþi is þis westren for~grouwen mid brimbles.

1399 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) I. 363 The long gras that is so grene..forgrowen hit hath the fellde.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxx. f. lvii The towne of Westmynster..that tyme was forgrowen with Busshes.

a1535 T. More Wks. (R.) 74 The ground that is al foregrowen with nettels.

?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 18 Hombre Saluagio..forgrone all in moss & Iuy.

b. In past participle (of aged persons): Overgrown or covered (with hair). Hence (? or from sense 1), Extremely old.

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c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ix. x. 201 b With heere for~growen body and visage.

c1440 Generydes 3667 A man that was right ferr in age..And all for growe.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxxxii In the Bordour of this Dilicious place..Stode .ii. forgrowen Faders, Reasemblyng Ennok and Hely.

1527 Prose Life St. Brandan (Percy) 52 He was olde and for-growen so that no man myght se his body.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	forgrow
释义	† forgrowv. Forms: see grow v. Etymology: Old English forgrówan , < for- prefix¹ + grówan: see grow v. Obsolete. rare except in past participle forgrown. 1. intransitive. To grow to excess or out of shape. Only in past participle forgrown, overgrown, misshapen. ΚΠ OE Riming Poem 46 Scriþeð nu deop in feore brondhord geblowen, breostum in forgrowen, flyhtum toflowen. 1399 Sarcastic Verses in Archæol. XXI. 89 Þis is a busch þat is forgrowe. 1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng (longer ed.) f. cliii^v A pylgremes hat..with a long and forgrowen bearde. 1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis i. f. 7 So fowle a Dragon..so monstruously forgrownen. 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. x. f. 83 Althoughe the party be fat and forgrowen. 1601 L. Andrewes Serm. (1641) II. (Matt. xxii. 21) 96 The fat and foregrown rammes within our own fold. figurative.1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie clxxxii. 1129 An euill custome is nothing else than an errour forgrowen. 2. a. transitive. To overgrow, cover with a growth (usually one that is excessive or unsightly). ΚΠ c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 129 Forþi is þis westren for~grouwen mid brimbles. 1399 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) I. 363 The long gras that is so grene..forgrowen hit hath the fellde. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxx. f. lvii The towne of Westmynster..that tyme was forgrowen with Busshes. a1535 T. More Wks. (R.) 74 The ground that is al foregrowen with nettels. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 18 Hombre Saluagio..forgrone all in moss & Iuy. b. In past participle (of aged persons): Overgrown or covered (with hair). Hence (? or from sense 1), Extremely old. ΚΠ c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ix. x. 201 b With heere for~growen body and visage. c1440 Generydes 3667 A man that was right ferr in age..And all for growe. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxxxii In the Bordour of this Dilicious place..Stode .ii. forgrowen Faders, Reasemblyng Ennok and Hely. 1527 Prose Life St. Brandan (Percy) 52 He was olde and for-growen so that no man myght se his body. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.OE
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