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- verb transitive, obsolete To
break ; break to pieces;shatter ;destroy .
Etymologies
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From Middle English forgniden, from Old English forgnīdan ("to grind together, dash down, crush, break"), from Proto-Germanic *fargnīdanan (“to rub, grind, crush, crumble”), equivalent to for- + gnide. Cognate with Old High German firgnītan ("to crush, destroy").
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