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forsteal

forsteal

English

Verb

forsteal ‎(third-person singular simple present forsteals, present participle forstealing, simple past forstole, past participle forstolen)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To steal away, rob, deprive.

Etymology 2

Variant of forestall.

Noun

forsteal ‎(plural forsteals)

  1. Obsolete form of forestall.

Etymology

From Middle English forstelen, from Old English forstelan ‎(“to steal away, steal, rob, deprive”), from Proto-Germanic *farstelaną, *frastelaną ‎(“to steal, steal away”), equivalent to for- +‎ steal. Cognate with Middle Low German vorstelen ‎(“to steal away”), Middle High German ferstelan ‎(“to steal away”).

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