forset

== English == === Alternative forms === forsett (Scotland) fooarset, foorset, fwoorset (Cumbria) === 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) (transitive, dialectal, Cumbria, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire) To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap. (transitive, dialectal, figuratively, Cumbria, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire) To upset; hinder. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sadden, Thesaurus:hinder (transitive, dialectal, Cumbria, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire) To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede. Synonyms: bebay, beleaguer, encircle backset and forset (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. === Noun === forset (plural forsets) (transitive, dialectal) A stratagem. ==== References ==== Wright, Joseph (1900), The English Dialect Dictionary‎[1], volume 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 468 === Anagrams === Forest, Forets, Fortes, Foster, fetors, forest, fortes, fortés, foster, froste, softer