forwax

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English forwaxen, from Old English forweaxan (“to progress, grow too much, become overgrown”), equivalent to for- +‎ wax (“to grow, increase”). Cognate with German verwachsen (“to grow together, heal over, overgrow”). === Verb === forwax (third-person singular simple present forwaxes, present participle forwaxing, simple past forwaxed, past participle forwaxed or forwaxen) (intransitive, obsolete) To grow to excess; become huge; overgrow; swell.