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forslack

verb
/fə(ɹ)ˈslæk/

Etymology

From for- + slack.

  1. inherited from *slakaz✻
  2. inherited from slæc — “slack”
  3. inherited from slak
  4. prefixed as forslack — “for + slack”

Definitions

  1. To slack up

    To slack up; be or grow slack; pall.

  2. To be slack in

    To be slack in; neglect by idleness; relax; render slack; delay; lose or spoil by slackness.

    • But they were virgins all, and love eschewed / That might forslack the charge to them fore-shewd.
    • The official thinking to foreslacke no time, taking counsell with his fellowes, laide hands uppon this Peter, and brought him before the inquisitor.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for forslack. 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