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forelet

forelet is the obsolete form of forlet.

Meaning of forlet

Verb

forlet (third-person singular simple present forlets, present participle forletting, simple past and past participle forlet)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive) To abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; forsake; desert; neglect.
    • to forlet your sins
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To forget.

Forms of forelet

third-person singular presentforelets
present participleforeletting
past participleforelet
pastforelet

Questions about forelet

What is forelet the obsolete form of?
Forelet is the obsolete form of forlet.

Words near forelet in the dictionary

  1. forelegs
  2. forelend
  3. forelending
  4. forelends
  5. forelent
  6. forelet
  7. forelets
  8. foreletting
  9. forelevel
  10. forelevels
  11. forelie

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