forleten

Middle English

verb
Definitions
  • To forsake, disregard, abandon; reject; intr. to be neglectful
  • To cease or neglect
  • To leave out, omit, pass over, overlook
  • To yield, to give up, resign; renounce; to put away; to release, let go, refrain from injuring
  • To lose (something), be deprived of; forfeit; lose track of
  • To give or forgive; allow, permit, grant
  • To let (blood); eliminate, to discharge; of a disease: to leave (someone).

Etymology

Inherited from Old English forlǣtan (leave) inherited from Proto-Germanic *fralētaną (dismiss, leave).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*fralētaną

Gloss

dismiss, leave

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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