Definition/Meaning of forguilt
- English - Verb: forguilt ( third-person singular simple present forguilts , present participle forguilting , simple past and past participle forguilted ) ( transitive ) To bring into a state of guilt; make guilty . ( transitive ) To forfeit by guilty conduct; bring into by guilt . ( intransitive ) To be guilty .
- English - Alternative forms: forgilt
- English - Etymology: 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 .