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forage(1)(dictionary)
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forage 1, verb(dictionary)
forage 2, noun(dictionary)

forage(2) (iou)



forage verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French forrag(i)er, formed as FORAGE noun.]
I. verb trans.
Obtain forage or supplies from; plunder, pillage. LME.
Carlyle Noble and Peasant had been pillaged, ransomed, foraged, eaten-out by so many different Armies.
Supply with forage or food. M16.
Disraeli He foraged their pony..and supplied them from his dairy.
Obtain by foraging or rummaging; search out. M17.
Thackeray His valet..went out and foraged knowledge for him.
II. verb intrans.
Seek out food or provisions; go out in search of food. M16.
J. K. Jerome Bread and butter, and jam, and bacon and eggs, and other things we foraged around the town for. R. Macdonald Blackbirds were foraging under the trees and around a feeder.
Gorge oneself; revel in. L16-L17.
Shakespeare Henry V His most mighty father..smiling to behold his lion's whelp Forage in blood of French nobility.
Make inroads on, upon; raid. M17.
Charles I He permitteth his Souldiers to..forrage upon the Countrey.
Make a search (for); rummage. M18.
W. Irving He passed many an hour foraging among the old manuscripts.