forbite

Verb

(third-person singular simple present forbites, present participle forbiting, simple past forbit, past participle forbitten)

To bite up, bite to pieces.

Origin

From Middle English forbiten (“to bite up”), equivalent to for- +‎ bite. Cognate with West Frisian forbite (“to forbite”), Dutch verbijten (“to forbite”), Low German verbīten (“to forbite”), German verbeissen (“to forbite”). More at for-, bite.

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