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Did you perchance mean one of these? forename, forsake

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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To be shamed.
  2. To shame; bring reproach on.

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  1. v. intransitive, obsolete To be ashamed; be greatly ashamed.
  2. v. transitive, obsolete To shame; bring reproach on.
  3. v. transitive, Northern England To dare; presume; have the face to.

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English forshamen, from Old English forscamian ("to make ashamed, be ashamed, be modest"), equivalent to for- +‎ shame. (Wiktionary)

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