• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔrtən/

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• Hyphenation: for‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɔrtən

forten

1. plural of fort

• forteon

From Old English fortēon (“to mislead, seduce; draw over, cover, obscure”), equivalent to for- +‎ ten (“to draw”). Cognate with West Frisian fortsjen (“to move out, depart”), German verziehen (“to warp, stretch, spoil, move away”).

• IPA^(key): /fɔrˈteːn/

forten (third-person singular simple present fortēþ, present participle fortēnde, first-/third-person singular past indicative forteh, past participle fortogen)

1. (Early Middle English, rare) To pull away; to draw away.

• “fortẹ̄n, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

forten

1. imperative of fortena

forten

1. definite plural of fort
2. indefinite plural of forte

• fonter