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forslow

verb

Etymology

From Middle English forslowen, forslewen (“to neglect”), from Old English forslāwian, forslǣwan (“to be slow, unwilling, delay, put off”), equivalent to for- + slow.

  1. inherited from forslāwian
  2. inherited from forslowen

Definitions

  1. To be dilatory about

    To be dilatory about; put off; postpone; neglect; omit.

    • [I]f you can thinke vpon any preſent meanes for his deliuerie, doe not forſlow it.

  2. To delay

    To delay; hinder; impede; obstruct.

    • But by no meanes my way I would forslow / For ought that ever she could doe or say […]
    • The wond'ring Nereids, though they rais'd no storm, / Foreslow'd her passage, to behold her form.

  3. To be slow or dilatory

    To be slow or dilatory; loiter.

    • Foreslow no longer, make we hence amaine.

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