forlese en · VERB
Pronunciation
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”).
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To abandon, forsake.
Soone as they bene arriv'd upon the brim / Of the Rich Strond, their charets they forlore […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| forlorn | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| forleses | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| forlore | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| forlesing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| forleese | alternative | lexicographic |