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From Middle English forsetten, from Old English forsettan (“to hedge in, obstruct, oppress”), equivalent to for- + set. Cognate with Dutch verzetten (“to move”), German versetzen (“to put, move, transfer, transpose”), Swedish försätta (“to go on, remove, set”).

verb forsets · forsetting · forset · forsett · fooarset

Cumbria, dialectal, transitive To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap.
Cumbria, dialectal, figuratively, transitive To upset; hinder.
Similar: aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, grieve, pain, bring down, come down on, contristate, darken, dash
Cumbria, dialectal, transitive To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede. backset and forset
Similar: bebay, beleaguer, encircle
Scotland, dialectal, transitive To overpower; give one too much of anything; surfeit.
Scotland, broadly, dialectal, transitive To overburden or overpower with work; overwork; overtax.

noun forsets · forsett · fooarset · foorset · fwoorset

dialectal, transitive A stratagem.

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@misc{forset_2026,
  title = {forset},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forset},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}