forlese
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forlese
- /fɔː(ɹ)ˈliːz/
Rhymes with -iːz
Where it comes from
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”).
verb forleses · forlesing · forlore · forlorn · forleese
- To abandon, forsake. Soone as they bene arriv'd upon the brim / Of the Rich Strond, their charets they forlore […]
