forwerp

English

Etymology

From Middle English forwerpen, from Old English forweorpan (“to throw, cast out, cast down, drive off, reject, throw away, squander”), equivalent to for- +‎ warp. Cognate with Dutch verwerpen (“to reject”), German verwerfen (“to reject, discard, dismiss”). Compare forthrow.

Verb

forwerp (third-person singular simple present forwerps, present participle forwerping, simple past and past participle forwerped)

  1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To throw or cast away; reject.
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