Part 4511

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Forlaft</h1> <Xpage=586>

<hw>For*laft"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><tt>p. p.</tt> of <er>Forleave</er>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Forlay</h1> <Xpage=586>

<hw>For*lay"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>for-</ets> + <ets>lay</ets>.]</ety> <def>To lie in wait for; to ambush.</def>

<blockquote>An ambushed thief <b>forlays</b> a traveler. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Forleave</h1> <Xpage=586>

<hw>For*leave"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>forleven</ets>; pref. <ets>for-</ets> + <ets>leven</ets> to leave.]</ety> <def>To leave off wholly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Forlend</h1> <Xpage=586>

<hw>For*lend"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To give up wholly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Forlese</h1> <Xpage=586>

<hw>For*lese"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Forlore</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, <er>Forlorn</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>forlesen</ets>. See <er>Forlorn</er>.]</ety> <def>To lose utterly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>haucer.</i>

<h1>Forlet</h1> <Xpage=586>

<hw>For*let"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>forleten</ets>, AS. <ets>forl<?/tan</ets>; pref. <ets>for-</ets> + <ets>l<?/tan</ets> to allow; akin to G. <ets>verlassen</ets> to leave. See <er>Let</er> to allow.]</ety> <def>To give up; to leave; to abandon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "To <i>forlet</i> sin."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Forlie</h1> <Xpage=586>

<hw>For*lie"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>See <er>Forlie</er>.</def>

<h1>Forlore</h1> <Xpage=586>

<hw>For*lore"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp. pl. & p. p.</tt> <def>o<?/ <er>Forlese</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The beasts their caves, the birds their ne<?/ts <b>forlore</b>. <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Forlorn</h1> <Xpage=586>

<hw>For*lorn"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE., p.p. of <ets>forlesen</ets> to lose utterly, AS. <ets>forle\'a2san</ets> (p.p. <ets>forloren</ets>); pref. <ets>for-</ets> + <ets>le\'a2san</ets> (in comp.) to lose; cf. D. <ets>verliezen</ets> to lose, G. <ets>verlieren</ets>, Sw. <ets>f\'94rlora</ets>, Dan. <ets>forloren</ets>, Goth. <ets>fraliusan</ets> to lose. See <er>For-</er>, and <er>Lorn</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, <er>Lose</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Deserted abandoned; lost.</def>

<blockquote>Of fortune and of hope at once <b>forlorn</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Some say that ravens foster <b>forlorn</b> children. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.</def>