adj
Meaning 1
Felled, fallen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
forcasten
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adj
Meaning 2
Cast away, rejected; neglected; not used, cast off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal
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adj
Meaning 3
Abandoned; forlorn.
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Usage: Scotland, dialectal
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History
Etymology
Originally the past participle of obsolete forcast (“to cast away”); also from Middle English forcasten, a variant of forcast (“rejected, cast away”), past participle of forcasten (“to cast away, reject”), of North Germanic origin, compare Danish forkaste (“to reject”), Swedish förkasta (“to reject”), equivalent to for- + cast.