forwearyv.

/fəˈwɪəri/

Forms: Also 1500s–1800s fore-.

Etymology: < for- prefix¹ + weary v.

Obsolete or archaic.

transitive. To weary, tire out. An intransitive sense, ‘to become wearied’ is given in the Cent. Dict. with reference to Palsgrave, but he has only the transitive sense. Many of the examples of the past participle might admit of being referred to the intransitive use.

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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)]

wearyc897

tirea1000

travailc1300

forwearya1325

taryc1375

tarc1440

matec1450

break1483

labour1496

overwearya1500

wear?1507

to wear out, forth1525

fatigate1535

stress1540

overtire1558

forwaste1563

to tire out1563

overwear1578

spend1582

out-tire1596

outwear1596

outweary1596

overspend1596

to toil out1596

attediate1603

bejade1620

lassate1623

harassa1626

overtask1628

tax1672

hag1674

trash1685

hatter1687

overtax1692

fatigue1693

to knock up1740

tire to death1740

overfatigue1741

fag1774

outdo1776

to do over1789

to use up1790

jade1798

overdo1817

frazzlea1825

worry1828

to sew up1837

to wear to death1840

to take it (also a lot, too much, etc.) out of (a person)1847

gruel1850

to stump up1853

exhaust1860

finish1864

peter1869

knacker1886

grind1887

tew1893

crease1925

poop1931

raddle1951

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3894 Forð ðeðen he comen to salmona; For-weried grucheden he ðoa.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxviii. f. cxxxix Nowe shaketh my hande my pen waxeth dulle Forweryed and tyred.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1320/2 The foure foster children of desire entered in a braue chariot..as men forewearied & halfe ouercome.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 8 The Christians forewearied with long trauell, were not able far to follow the chace.

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 112 Hawkey..Within the byre forwearyt stood.

1832 W. Motherwell Tim the Tacket 10 A spectre-ship, Forwearied of the storm and ocean.

1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason i. 14 A pleasant bed For tired limbs..Of sandalled nymph, forewearied with the chase.

Derivatives

forwearied adj.

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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective]

wearyc825

asadc1306

ateyntc1325

attaintc1325

recrayed1340

methefula1350

for-wearya1375

matea1375

taintc1380

heavy1382

fortireda1400

methefula1400

afoundered?a1425

tewedc1440

travailedc1440

wearisomec1460

fatigate1471

defatigatec1487

tired1488

recreant1490

yolden?1507

fulyeit?a1513

traiked?a1513

tavert1535

wearied1538

fatigated1552

awearya1555

forwearied1562

overtired1567

spenta1568

done1575

awearied1577

stank1579

languishinga1586

bankrupt?1589

fordone1590

spent1591

overwearied1592

overworn1592

outworn1597

half-dead1601

back-broken1603

tiry1611

defatigated1612

dog-wearya1616

overweary1617

exhaust1621

worn-out1639

embossed1651

outspent1652

exhausted1667

beaten1681

bejaded1687

harassed1693

jaded1693

lassate1694

defeata1732

beat out1758

fagged1764

dog-tired1770

fessive1773

done-up1784

forjeskit1786

ramfeezled1786

done-over1789

fatigued1791

forfoughten1794

worn-up1812

dead1813

out-burnta1821

prostrate1820

dead beat1822

told out1822

bone-tireda1825

traiky1825

overfatigued1834

outwearied1837

done like (a) dinner1838

magged1839

used up1839

tuckered outc1840

drained1855

floored1857

weariful1862

wappered1868

bushed1870

bezzled1875

dead-beaten1875

down1885

tucked up1891

ready (or fit) to drop1892

buggered-up1893

ground-down1897

played1897

veal-bled1899

stove-up1901

trachled1910

ragged1912

beat up1914

done in1917

whacked1919

washy1922

pooped1928

shattered1930

punchy1932

shagged1932

shot1939

whipped1940

buggered1942

flaked (out)1942

fucked1949

sold-out1958

wiped1958

burnt out1959

wrung out1962

juiced1965

hanging1971

zonked1972

maxed1978

raddled1978

zoned1980

cream crackered1983

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1597) 126 b As forwearied souldiers.

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. L4 The verie thought..would haue inspired thy forewearied Muse with new furie.

1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 210 His forwearied limbs.

forwearying n.

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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun] > action or fact of causing

wearying?c1225

attediation1485

tediation1485

fatigation1535

forwearying1571

tiring1594

harassing1689

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xvii. 15) After long forwerying, he lay as it were in a slomber.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

for-weary adj.

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