forset

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English forsetten, from Old English forsettan (“to hedge in, obstruct, oppress”), equivalent to for- +‎ set. Cognate with Dutch verzetten (“to move”), German versetzen (“to put, move, transfer, transpose”), Swedish försätta (“to go on, remove, set”).

Verb

forset (third-person singular simple present forsets, present participle forsetting, simple past and past participle forset)

  1. (transitive, dialectal, Cumbria, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire) To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap.
  2. (transitive, dialectal, figuratively, Cumbria, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire) To upset; hinder.
  3. (transitive, dialectal, Cumbria, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire) To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede.
    backset and forset
  4. (transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To overpower; give one too much of anything; surfeit.
  5. (transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland, by extension) To overburden or overpower with work; overwork; overtax.

Noun

forset (plural forsets)

  1. (transitive, dialectal) A stratagem.

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