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forguilt.

To bring into a state of guilt; make guilty.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To bring into a state of guilt; make guilty.

    obsolete · transitive
  2. To forfeit by guilty conduct; bring into by guilt.

    obsolete · transitive
  3. To be guilty.

    intransitive · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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.

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