fortread

The English word “fortread” has 1 meaning listed here.

verb

To tread down; tread underfoot; trample upon; crush; destroy by trampling.

Etymology

From Middle English fortreden, from Old English fortredan (“to tread down, trample on”), from Proto-Germanic *fratredaną, *fratrudaną (“to trample”), equivalent to for- + tread. Compare Saterland Frisian fertreede, Dutch vertreden (“to trample”), German Low German vertreden, German vertreten ("to represent"; < Old High German firtretan (“to trample”)).

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