Meaning

5 senses

  1. (Cumbria, dialectal, transitive)To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap.

  2. (Cumbria, dialectal, figuratively, transitive)To upset; hinder.

  3. (Cumbria, dialectal, transitive)To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede.

    backset and forset

  4. (Scotland, dialectal, transitive)To overpower; give one too much of anything; surfeit.

  5. (Scotland, broadly, dialectal, transitive)To overburden or overpower with work; overwork; overtax.

Origin

From Middle English forsetten, from Old English forsettan (“to hedge in, obstruct, oppress

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”).

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Forms

forsets, forsetting, forset, forset
Base formforset · to forset
3rd person singularforsets
Present participleforsetting
Past simpleforset
Past participleforset

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforset
he, she, itforsets

Past simpleLesson

all personsforset

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave forset
he, she, ithas forset

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill forset

Synonyms

76 synonyms
grieveB2painB1dashB2oppressB1unhappyA2upsetB2delayB1difficultA1diminishC2interfereB2hamperC2handicapB2hinderC2hurtA1

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
formulateC1formulationfornicationforsakefortforte
forset — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto