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单词 forlese
释义

forlese

English

Alternative forms

  • forleese

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔːˈliːz/

Verb

forlese (third-person singular simple present forleses, present participle forlesing, simple past forlore, past participle forlorn)

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (transitive, obsolete) To lose entirely or completely.
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (transitive, obsolete) To destroy, kill.
  3. (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 []
  4. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (transitive, obsolete) To bereave, deprive.

Usage notes

Survives in the derived participle adjective forlorn.

References

  • forlese in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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