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forset.

To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap.

    Cumbria · dialectal · transitive
  2. To upset; hinder.

    Cumbria · dialectal · figuratively · transitive
  3. To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede.

    Cumbria · dialectal · transitive
  4. To overpower; give one too much of anything; surfeit.

    Scotland · dialectal · transitive
  5. To overburden or overpower with work; overwork; overtax.

    Scotland · broadly · dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

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”).

noun
  1. A stratagem.

    dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

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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