FOR'AGE, noun [Latin voro.] 1. Food of any kind for horses and cattle, as grass; pasture, hay, corn and oats. 2. The act of providing forage Col. Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. If the forage is to be made at a distance from the camp - 3. Search for provisions; the act of feeding abroad. FOR'AGE, verb intransitive 1. To collect food for horses and cattle, by wandering about and feeding or stripping the country. 2. To wander far; to rove. obsolete 3. To ravage; to feed on spoil. FOR'AGE, verb transitive To strip of provisions for horses, etc.
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