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forlise.

to be shipwrecked (of a person at sea)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

verb/fɔrliːˀsə/[fʌˈliˀsə]
  1. to be shipwrecked (of a person at sea)

    intransitive
  2. to be lost, wrecked (of a ship at sea)

    intransitive
  3. to fail

    figuratively · intransitive
  4. to lose

    archaic · transitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle Low German vorliesen (“to lose”), from Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną, cognate with German verlieren, Dutch verliezen, English forlese (obsolete), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (fraliusan).

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