Forset
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A stratagem. dialectal, transitive
Verb
- 1 To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap. Cumbria, dialectal, transitive
- 2 To upset; hinder. Cumbria, dialectal, figuratively, transitive
- 3 To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede. Cumbria, dialectal, transitive
"backset and forset"
- 4 To overpower; give one too much of anything; surfeit. Scotland, dialectal, transitive
- 5 To overburden or overpower with work; overwork; overtax. Scotland, broadly, dialectal, transitive
Synonyms
All synonymsEtymology
From Middle English forsetten, from Old English forsettan (“to hedge in, obstruct, oppress”), equivalent to for- + set. Cognate with Dutch verzetten (“to move”), German versetzen (“to put, move, transfer, transpose”), Swedish försätta (“to go on, remove, set”).