Foreslow

//fɔː(ɹ)ˈsləʊ// verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To be slow or tardy; to slow down. intransitive, obsolete

    "Furthermore all that are carried with circular motion, seem to foreslow, and to move with more than one motion."

  2. 2
    To slow, hinder, delay, impede. obsolete, transitive

    "No stream, no wood, no mountain could foreslow / Their hasty pace."

Synonyms

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slow down

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"Furthermore all that are carried with circular motion, seem to foreslow, and to move with more than one motion."

Etymology

Alteration of earlier forslow (spelling presumably influenced by fore-), from Middle English forslowen. More at forslow.

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