v. t.
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments. Ps. lxxxix. 30. [ 1913 Webster ]
If you forsake the offer of their love. Shak.
n. One who forsakes or deserts. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ AS. forsecgan to accuse; pref. for- + secgan to say. ] To forbid; to renounce; to forsake; to deny. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. for- + shape, v.t. ] To render misshapen. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. for- + slack to neglect. ] To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See For-, and Slouth. ] To lose by sloth or negligence. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. for- + slow. ] To delay; to hinder; to neglect; to put off. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To loiter. [ Obs. ]
v. t. [ See Slug to be idle. ] To lsoe by idleness or slotch. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ AS. forsōð; for, prep. + sōð sooth, truth. See For, prep., and Sooth. ] In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; -- formerly used as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously. [ 1913 Webster ]
A fit man, forsooth, to govern a realm! Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]
Our old English word forsooth has been changed for the French madam. Guardian. [ 1913 Webster ]