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Forlore vs Forbore - What's the difference?

forlore | forbore |

As verbs the difference between forlore and forbore

is that forlore is (forlese) while forbore is (forbear).

forlore

English

Verb

(head)
  • (forlese)

    • Anagrams

    *

    forlese

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To lose entirely or completely.
  • (obsolete) To destroy, kill.
  • (obsolete) To abandon, forsake.
  • *1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.4:
  • *:Soone as they bene arriv'd upon the brim / Of the Rich Strond, their charets they forlore [...].
  • (obsolete) To bereave; deprive.

    • Usage notes

    Survives in the derived participle adjective forlorn.

    forbore

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (forbear)
    • English irregular simple past forms