| 释义 |
† forˈwax, v. Obs.
[OE. forweaxan, f. for- prefix1 + weaxan, wax v. Cf. Ger. verwachsen.]
intr. To grow to excess, overgrow, swell. Hence forˈwaxen ppl. a.
c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. xl. (1872) 292 Sumu [treowu] he cearf..ðylæs hie to ðæm forweoxen ðæt hie for⁓searoden. c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 80 Wið þon þe man on wambe forweaxen sy. c1475Partenay 2990 Horrible gret was, a forwoxen grome, Such another neuer had he sain. |