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forsteal

verb

Etymology

From Middle English forstelen, from Old English forstelan (“to steal away, steal, rob, deprive”), from Proto-Germanic *farstelaną, *frastelaną (“to steal, steal away”), equivalent to for- + steal. Cognate with Middle Low German vorstelen (“to steal away”), Middle High German ferstelan (“to steal away”).

  1. inherited from *farstelaną✻
  2. inherited from forstelan
  3. inherited from forstelen

Definitions

  1. To steal away, rob, deprive.

    • Be ye not willing to hoard to you gold hoards on earth, where rust and moth fortake it, and where thieves delve it and forsteal, […]

  2. Obsolete form of forestall.

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