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Forlese
For-lese′
,Verb.
T.
[
p. p.
Forlore
, Forlorn
.] [OE.
forlesen
. See Forlorn
.] To lose utterly.
[Obs.]
haucer.
Definition 2024
forlese
forlese
English
Alternative forms
- forleese, forlore
Verb
forlese (third-person singular simple present forleses, present participle forlesing, simple past forlore, past participle forlorn)
- (transitive, obsolete) To lose entirely or completely.
- (transitive, obsolete) To destroy, kill.
- (transitive, obsolete) To abandon, forsake.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
- Soone as they bene arriv'd upon the brim / Of the Rich Strond, their charets they forlore [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
- (transitive, obsolete) To bereave; deprive.
Usage notes
Survives in the derived participle adjective forlorn.