forlese

== English == === Alternative forms === forleese === Etymology === From Middle English forlesen, from Old English forlēosan (“to lose, abandon, let go, destroy, ruin”), from Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną. Equivalent to for- +‎ lese. Cognate with Scots forlore (“to lose”), Dutch verliezen (“to lose”), German verlieren (“to lose”), Swedish förlisa (“to be lost”), Swedish förlora (“to lose”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔː(ɹ)ˈliːz/ Rhymes: -iːz === Verb === forlese (third-person singular simple present forleses, present participle forlesing, simple past forlore, past participle forlorn) (transitive, obsolete) To abandon, forsake. ==== Usage notes ==== Survives in the derived participle adjective forlorn. === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “forlese”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.