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Search phrase: forefather

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Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.vii.31whereas, before, our forefathers had no other bookswhereas before, our Fore-fathers had no other Bookes
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.iii.27No, if I digged up thy forefathers' gravesNo, if I digg'd vp thy fore-fathers Graues,
Richard IIR2 II.ii.35From some forefather grief. Mine is not so,From some fore-father greefe, mine is not so,
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.iii.51And madly play with my forefathers' joints,And madly play with my forefathers ioynts?

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progenitorforefather, ancestor, forebear

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forefatherprogenitor

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
FATHERRELATIVESforefather n
FOREFATHERBASICsee FATHER

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