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forset

The English word “forset” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap.
  2. To upset; hinder.
  3. To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede.
  4. To overpower; give one too much of anything; surfeit.
  5. To overburden or overpower with work; overwork; overtax.

noun

  1. A stratagem.

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”).

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