English

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Etymology

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From Middle English fortravailen, equivalent to for- +‎ travel.

Verb

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fortravel (third-person singular simple present fortravels, present participle fortraveling, simple past and past participle fortraveled)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To exhaust with labour; forwork; forswink.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To tire by travel.