forsench
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English forsenchen, from Old English forsencan (“to reject”, literally “cause to sink”), equivalent to for- (“up, fully, completely”) + sench (“to cause to sink”). Cognate with Old High German farsenkan.
Verb[edit]
forsench (third-person singular simple present forsenches, present participle forsenching, simple past and past participle forsenched)
- (transitive, obsolete) To submerge; cause to sink; drown.