• Fornim

    Origin

    From Middle English fornimen, fornemen, from Old English forniman ("to take away, deprive of, plunder, waste, devastate, destroy, consume, annul, disfigure, overcome"), from Proto-Germanic *farnemaną, *franemaną ("to take away, hear, learn"), equivalent to - + nim. Cognate with West Frisian fornimme ("to learn, hear, find out"), Dutch vernemen ("to learn, hear, find out, understand"), German vernehmen ("to hear, learn, question, examine"), Swedish förnimma ("to apprehend, perceive, notice"). More at for-, nim.

    Full definition of fornim

    Verb

    1. (transitive, obsolete) To take away; appropriate to one's own use.
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