forwean

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English forwenien, forwanien, from Old English *forwenian (“to spoil”), from Proto-Germanic *frawanjaną (“to spoil”), equivalent to for- +‎ wean. Compare Middle Low German vorwenen (“to forwean”), German verwöhnen (“to spoil, pamper, indulge”), Danish forvænne (“to indulge”). === Verb === forwean (third-person singular simple present forweans, present participle forweaning, simple past and past participle forweaned) (transitive, obsolete) To accustom to bad habits; spoil by indulgence; pamper.