forslip en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /fə(ɹ)ˈslɪp/
Etymology
From for- + slip.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To let slip; allow someone or something to escape.
a thing howsoever once past and forslipt, cannot be recalled and amended
1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “(please specify the book number)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| forslipped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| forslipped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| forslipt | Tense=Past | archaic | lexicographic |
| forslipt | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | archaic | lexicographic |
| forslipping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| forslips | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |