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Forwear vs Forwean - What's the difference?

forwear | forwean |

In transitive obsolete terms the difference between forwear and forwean

is that forwear is to wear out; wear away; exhaust; spend; waste while forwean is to accustom to bad habits; spoil by indulgence; pamper.

forwear

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (erroneous)

Verb

  • (obsolete) To wear out; wear away; exhaust; spend; waste.

    • Related terms

    * (l) English words prefixed with for-

    forwean

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To accustom to bad habits; spoil by indulgence; pamper.