Forlet

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

(transitive, archaic or UK dialectal) To abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; forsake; desert; neglect..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, archaic or UK dialectal) To abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; forsake; desert; neglect.
2. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To forget.

Example Sentences

to forlet your sins

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.

But, by my soul, I dare well swear His wretched life he shall forlet [...]

[...] and then, if upon mature deliberation, when our mind is staid and our senses settled, the thing appear to be naught, we are to hate and abhor it, and in no wise either to forlet and put off, or altogether to omit and forbear correction, like as they refuse meats who have no stomach nor appetite to eat.

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Word Forms

• forlets
• forletting
• forlet
• forelet
• forleet
• forleit
• forlete
• foreleit

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