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forcasten en · ADJ

Etymology

Originally the past participle of obsolete forcast (“to cast away”); also from Middle English forcasten, a variant of forcast (“rejected, cast away”), past participle of forcasten (“to cast away, reject”), of North Germanic origin, compare Danish forkaste (“to reject”), Swedish förkasta (“to reject”), equivalent to for- + cast.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Felled, fallen.
2. (UK, archaic, dialectal) Cast away, rejected; neglected; not used, cast off.
   • I think Christ lieth like an old forcasten castle, forsaken of the inhabitants; all men run away now from Him. 1891, Samuel Rutherford, Letters of Samuel Rutherford:
3. (Scotland, dialectal) Abandoned; forlorn.
   • They dread full ill I was right poor, By my forcasten company. 1976, David Craig, Scottish literature and the Scottish people:

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