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▪ I. forweary a.
Obs.: see for- prefix1 10.
▪ II. forweary, v. Obs. or arch.|fəˈwɪərɪ|
Also 6–9 fore-.
[f. for- prefix1 + weary v.]
trans. To weary, tire out.
⁋An intr. sense, ‘to become wearied’ is given in the Cent. Dict. with reference to Palsgr., but he has only the trans. sense. Many of the examples of the pa. pple. might admit of being referred to the intrans. use.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 3894 Forð ðeðen he comen to salmona, for-weried grucheden he ðoa. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 239 Nowe shaketh my hande, my pen waxeth dulle, For weryd and tyred. 1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1320/2 The foure foster children of desire entered in a braue chariot..as men forewearied and halfe ouercome. 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 8 The Christians forewearied with long travel, were not able farre to follow the Chace. 1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 112 Hawkey..Within the byre forwearyt stood. 1832Motherwell Tim the Tacket 10 A spectre-ship, Forwearied of the storm and ocean. 1867Morris Jason i. 389 A pleasant bed For tired limbs..Of sandalled nymph, forewearied with the chase.
Hence forwearied ppl. a.; forwearying vbl. n.
1562Leigh Armorie (1597) 126 b, As forwearied souldiers. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xvii. 15 After long forwerying, he lay as it were in a slomber. 1592Nashe P. Penilesse Wks. (Grosart) II. 134 The verie thought..woulde haue inspired thy forewearied Muse with new furie. 1855Singleton Virgil I. 210 His forwearied limbs. |