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Forslow

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To be dilatory about; put off; postpone; neglect; omit. obsolete, transitive

    "[I]f you can thinke vpon any preſent meanes for his deliuerie, doe not forſlow it."

  2. 2
    To delay; hinder; impede; obstruct. obsolete, transitive

    "But by no meanes my way I would forslow / For ought that ever she could doe or say […]"

  3. 3
    To be slow or dilatory; loiter. intransitive, obsolete

    "Foreslow no longer, make we hence amaine."

Etymology

From Middle English forslowen, forslewen (“to neglect”), from Old English forslāwian, forslǣwan (“to be slow, unwilling, delay, put off”), equivalent to for- + slow.

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