Definitions
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- verb intransitive To go out of the way; go astray;
err ; make a mistake;sin .
Etymologies
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From Late Middle English forwayen, forweyen ("to go astay, go out of the way"), partly equivalent to for- + way (compare Old English forweġan ("to overcome, kill")); and partly continuing, in altered form, Middle English forveien, forsveien, forvoyen ("to err, go astray"), from Old French forsveer, forvoier ("to go astray, err").
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Whoa, an leeza-b alzo spract at 6:01 – we has forway tie, a 4 strand plait?
Lolcat 100 Calorie pak - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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And Walter Rodgers reporting now for the second straight day, unit of the 3rd Infantry Division made another forway -- foray, rather, into central Baghdad.
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Today, a visit to my favorite Atlanta girly lunch place includes an all day forway into all things Atlanta history since the maintains the Swan House and includes a wondeful museum for Atlanta History.
Georgia On My Mind 2008
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