Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To take away; destroy.
  • To go away.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive, obsolete To take away; destroy.
  • verb intransitive, obsolete To go away.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Middle English forthnimen, equivalent to forth- +‎ nim. Compare Dutch voortnemen ("to continue to take"), German fortnehmen ("to take away").

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word forthnim.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.