Forset vs Forlet - What's the difference?
forset | forlet |
(dialectal) To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap.
(transitive, dialectal, figuratively) To upset; hinder.
(dialectal) To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede.
(transitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To overpower; give one too much of anything; surfeit.
(transitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland, by extension) To overburden or overpower with work; overwork; overtax.
To forget.
As verbs the difference between forset and forlet
is that forset is (dialectal) to get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap while forlet is .As a noun forset
is (dialectal) a strategem.forset
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Alternative forms
* (l) (Scotland)Verb
- backset and forset
References
* Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary , Forset.forlet
English
Alternative forms
* * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)Verb
- to forlet your sins