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forstolen

forstolen is the past participle of forsteal.

Meaning of forsteal

Verb

forsteal (third-person singular simple present forsteals, present participle forstealing, simple past forstole, past participle forstolen)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To steal away, rob, deprive.
    • Be ye not willing to hoard to you gold hoards on earth, where rust and moth fortake it, and where thieves delve it and forsteal, […]1861, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Spoon and sparrow

Questions about forstolen

What is forstolen the past participle of?
Forstolen is the past participle of forsteal.

Words near forstolen in the dictionary

  1. Forstner
  2. Forstner bit
  3. Forstner bits
  4. Forstners
  5. forstole
  6. forstolen
  7. forstood
  8. forstop
  9. forstopped
  10. forstopping
  11. forstops

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