fortravel

English

Alternative forms

  • fortravail

Etymology

From Middle English fortravailen, equivalent to for- +‎ travel.

Verb

fortravel (third-person singular simple present fortravels, present participle (US) fortraveling or (UK) fortravelling, simple past and past participle (US) fortraveled or (UK) fortravelled)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To exhaust with labour; forwork; forswink.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To tire by travel.