Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To leave behind; abandon; give up.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To leave off wholly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, intransitive, obsolete To
depart from (someone);leave (someone) behind;abandon ;forsake ;desert ;give up ;relinquish .
Etymologies
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From Middle English forleven, equivalent to for- + leave. Cognate with Old High German firleiban.
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