forguilt

English

Alternative forms

• forgilt

Etymology

From Middle English forgilten, forgulten (“to render guilty, forfeit by guilt”), from Old English forgyltan (“to sin, be or become guilty”), equivalent to for- +‎ guilt.

Verb

forguilt (third-person singular simple present forguilts, present participle forguilting, simple past and past participle forguilted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To bring into a state of guilt; make guilty.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To forfeit by guilty conduct; bring into by guilt.
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To be guilty.