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Forleave

For-leave′

,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
forleven
; pref.
for-
+
leven
to leave.]
To leave off wholly.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


forleave

forleave

English

Verb

forleave (third-person singular simple present forleaves, present participle forleaving, simple past and past participle forleft)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To depart from (someone); leave (someone) behind; abandon; forsake; desert; give up; relinquish.
    • 1475, Hilton:
      In a lityll I forlefte the.