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forlese

verb
/fɔː(ɹ)ˈliːz/

Etymology

From Middle English forlesen, from Old English forlēosan (“to lose, abandon, let go, destroy, ruin”), from Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną. Equivalent to for- + lese. Cognate with Scots forlore (“to lose”), Dutch verliezen (“to lose”), German verlieren (“to lose”), Swedish förlisa (“to be lost”), Swedish förlora (“to lose”).

  1. inherited from *fraleusaną✻
  2. inherited from forlēosan
  3. inherited from forlesen

Definitions

  1. To abandon, forsake.

    • Soone as they bene arriv'd upon the brim / Of the Rich Strond, their charets they forlore […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for forlese. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA