Forlese
/fɔːˈliːz/ verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To abandon, forsake. obsolete, transitive
"Soone as they bene arriv'd upon the brim / Of the Rich Strond, their charets they forlore […]"
Synonyms
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More examples"Soone as they bene arriv'd upon the brim / Of the Rich Strond, their charets they forlore […]"
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”).