forslow
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forslow
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From Middle English forslowen, forslewen (“to neglect”), from Old English forslāwian, forslǣwan (“to be slow, unwilling, delay, put off”), equivalent to for- + slow.
verb forslows · forslowing · forslowed · forsloe · foreslow
- To be dilatory about; put off; postpone; neglect; omit. [I]f you can thinke vpon any preſent meanes for his deliuerie, doe not forſlow it.
- To delay; hinder; impede; obstruct. But by no meanes my way I would forslow / For ought that ever she could doe or say […]
- To be slow or dilatory; loiter. Foreslow no longer, make we hence amaine.
