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  • verb transitive, obsolete To defend.
  • verb transitive To exhaust or overfatigue (oneself) with fighting.

Etymologies

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From Middle English forfighten, forfehten ("to fight for, defend; exhaust with fighting"), equivalent to for- +‎ fight.

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