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fore⋅worn

[fawr-wohrn, fohr-wawrn]
–adjective Archaic.
forworn.

for⋅worn

[fawr-wawrn, -wohrn]
–adjective Archaic.
worn-out; exhausted.
Also, foreworn.


Origin:
1500–10; ptp. of obs. forwear, ME forweren. See for-, wear
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fore·worn   (fôr-wôrn', fōr-wōrn')   
adj.  Variant of forworn.
for·worn also fore·worn   (fôr-wôrn', fōr-wōrn')   
adj.   Archaic
Worn-out.
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