Forlet
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Forlet is a verb meaning (transitive, archaic or UK dialectal) To abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; forsake; desert; neglect.
Meaning
(transitive, archaic or UK dialectal) To abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; forsake; desert; neglect.
More Meanings
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To forget.
Example Sentences
to forlet your sins
But, by my soul, I dare well swear His wretched life he shall forlet [...]
I soothly quoth, then say, to you, for that each such, he that forlets wife his, be-out unclean lust doing forth-lying thing, doeth (works) he doeth the same to sin, …
… whether his mind and his soul were deadly and perishing, or it were aye living and eternal; and again, about his good, what it was, and what good was best for him to do, and what evil to forlet.
Word Forms
- forlets
- forletting
- forelet
- forleet
- forleit
- forlete
- foreleit
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include forleet, forleave, forlese, forsake, abandon, forhow.
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