forset
Meanings
Plural: forsets
Verb
- To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap.
- To upset; hinder.
- To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede.
- To overpower; give one too much of anything; surfeit.
- To overburden or overpower with work; overwork; overtax.
Noun
- A stratagem.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
aggrieve, attrist, bebay, begloom, begrieve, behedge, beleaguer, besorrow, blunt, bring down, contristate, dash, deject, delay, depress, desolate, difficult, diminish, dispirit, encircle, engrieve, forestay, forset, forslow, frustrate, get down, get in the way, grieve, grieven, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold up, hurt, impair, impede, incommode, interfere, intervene, lessen, let, mar, moan, obstruct, oppress, overslaugh, preclude, prevene, prevent, prohibit, reduce, restrict, retard, rue, sadden, sadden up, slow down, stay, thwart, thwarten, tristitiate, umbeset, undermine, ungladden, unhappy, upset, weaken, worsen
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