Part 4522

<syn>Syn. -- To abandon; quit; desert; fail; relinquish; give up; renounce; reject. See <er>Abandon</er>.</syn>

<h1>Forsaker</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*sak"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who forsakes or deserts.</def>

<h1>Forsay</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*say"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>forsecgan</ets> to accuse; pref. <ets>for-</ets> + <ets>secgan</ets> to say.]</ety> <def>To forbid; to renounce; to forsake; to deny.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Forshape</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*shape"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>for-</ets> + <ets>shape</ets>, v.t.]</ety> <def>To render misshapen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gower.</i>

<h1>Forslack</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*slack"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>for-</ets> + <ets>slack</ets> to neglect.]</ety> <def>To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Forslouthe</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*slouth"e</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>For-</er>, and <er>Slouth</er>.]</ety> <def>To lose by sloth or negligence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Forslow</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*slow"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>for-</ets> + <ets>slow</ets>.]</ety> <def>To delay; to hinder; to neglect; to put off.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Forslow</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*slow"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To loiter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Forslugge</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*slug"ge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Slug</er> to be idle.]</ety> <def>To lsoe by idleness or slotch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Forsooth</h1> <Xpage=588>

<hw>For*sooth"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>fors\'d3\'eb</ets>; <ets>for</ets>, prep. + <ets>s\'d3\'eb</ets> sooth, truth. See <er>For</er>, <ets>prep</ets>., and <er>Sooth</er>.]</ety> <def>In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; -- formerly used as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously.</def>

<blockquote>A fit man, <b>forsooth</b>, to govern a realm! <i>Hayward.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Our old English word <b>forsooth</b> has been changed for the French <b>madam</b>. <i>Guardian.</i></blockquote>