forment

English

Verb

forment

1. Misspelling of foment.

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French

Verb

forment

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of former

Anagrams

• froment

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Friulian

Noun

forment m (plural forments)

1. wheat

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) fōrment

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of fōrmō

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Old French

Alternative forms

• fortement (appeared when forte replaced fort as the feminine of fort)
• fortment

Etymology

fort +‎ -ment, with the loss of the medial t.

Adverb

forment

1. strongly; powerfully
2. highly; extremely, sorely
3. seriously; greatly

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (forment)
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (fortement, supplement)
• forment on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub