forguilt

English

Alternative forms

  • forgilt

Etymology

From Middle English forgilten, forgulten (“to render guilty, forfeit by guilt”), from Old English forgyltan (“to sin, be or become guilty”), equivalent to for- +‎ guilt.

Verb

forguilt (third-person singular simple present forguilts, present participle forguilting, simple past and past participle forguilted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To bring into a state of guilt; make guilty.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To forfeit by guilty conduct; bring into by guilt.
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To be guilty.
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