forfight
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English forfighten, forfehten (“to fight for, defend; exhaust with fighting”), equivalent to for- + fight.
Verb edit
forfight (third-person singular simple present forfights, present participle forfighting, simple past forfought, past participle forfought or forfoughten)
- (transitive, obsolete) To defend.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To exhaust or overfatigue (oneself) with fighting.