Forset Definition

verb

(dialectal) To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap.

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(dialectal, figuratively) To upset; hinder.

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(dialectal) To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede.

Backset and forset.
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(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To overpower; give one too much of anything; surfeit.

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(dialectal, chiefly Scotland, by extension) To overburden or overpower with work; overwork; overtax.

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noun

(dialectal) A strategem.

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Origin of Forset

  • 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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Words Starting With

FFOFOR

Words Ending With

TETSET

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Words Starting With F and Ending With T

Starts With F & Ends With TStarts With FO & Ends With TStarts With F & Ends With ET

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With F6 Letter Words Ending With T