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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To lose entirely or completely; abandon.
  2. To bereave; deprive.

Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive, obsolete To lose entirely or completely.
  2. v. transitive, obsolete To destroy, kill.
  3. v. transitive, obsolete To abandon, forsake.
  4. v. transitive, obsolete To bereave; deprive.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. obsolete To lose utterly.

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English forlesen, from Old English forlēosan ("to lose, abandon, let go, destroy, ruin"), 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"). (Wiktionary)

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