† forwerpeforworpev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To cast away, cast off, reject.
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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > reject
awarpc1000
forwerpeOE
warpc1000
nillOE
warnc1300
reprovec1350
to put abacka1382
to throw awaya1382
repugnc1384
to put awaya1387
waivec1386
forshoota1400
disavowc1400
defyc1405
disprovec1430
repelc1443
flemea1450
to put backa1500
reject?1504
refutea1513
repulse1533
refel1548
repudiate1548
disallowa1555
project?1567
expel1575
discard1578
overrule1578
forsay1579
check1601
decard1605
dismiss1608
reprobate1609
devow1610
retorta1616
disclaimc1626
noforsootha1644
respuate1657
reluctate1668
negative1778
no-ball1862
basket1867
to set one's foot down1873
not to have any (of it, that, this)1895
to put down1944
eighty-six1959
neg1987
OE Beowulf 2872 He genunga guðgewædu..forwurpe, ða hyne wig beget.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 105 God nele þet we beon gredie ȝitseras, ne ec for weorld ȝelpe forworpan ure ehtan.
c1220 Bestiary 345 Forwerpen pride euril[c] del, so hert doð his hornes.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 78 Alswa goddede þe wule adeadin forwarpeð his rinde. þet is unhuleð him.
a1300 E.E. Psalter l. 12 [li. 11] Ne for~werpe me fra face of þe.
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