Forslow
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Forslow is a verb meaning (transitive) To be dilatory about; put off; postpone; neglect; omit.
Meaning
(transitive) To be dilatory about; put off; postpone; neglect; omit.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To delay; hinder; impede; obstruct.
- (intransitive) To be slow or dilatory; loiter.
Example Sentences
Foreslow no longer, make we hence amaine.
[I]f you can thinke vpon any preſent meanes for his deliuerie, doe not forſlow it.
But by no meanes my way I would forslow / For ought that ever she could doe or say […]
The wond'ring Nereids, though they rais'd no storm, / Foreslow'd her passage, to behold her form.
Word Forms
- forslows
- forslowing
- forslowed
- forsloe
- foreslow
- fore-slow
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include foreslow, forsloth, forslug, forslack, retard, defer.
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