Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To lie with.
  • To overlay (a child).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb See forelie.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To lie with.
  • verb transitive To overlay (a child).

Etymologies

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From Middle English forliggen, from Old English forlicgan (reflexive, "to lie with, fornicate"), equivalent to for- +‎ lie.

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