noun
Meaning 1
A stratagem.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, transitive
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Standard Lemma guide
forset
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verb
Meaning 2
To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cumbria, dialectal, transitive
Qualifier: Lancashire
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verb
Meaning 3
To upset; hinder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cumbria, dialectal, figuratively, transitive
Qualifier: Lancashire
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, grieve, pain, bring down, come down on, contristate, darken, dash, deject, depress, desolate, dispirit, engrieve, forset, get down, grieven, moan, oppress, repent, rue, sadden, sadden up, tristitiate, ungladden, unhappy, upset, behedge, blunt, crimp, delay, difficult, diminish, forestay, interfere, intervene, forslow, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold up, hurt, impair, impede, incommode, lessen, let, mar, obstruct, overslaugh, preclude, prevene, prevent, prohibit, reduce, restrict, retard, slow down, stay, stymie, thwart, thwarten, umbeset, undermine, weaken, worsen
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cumbria, dialectal, transitive
Qualifier: Lancashire
Examples
- backset and forset
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bebay, beleaguer, encircle
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To overpower; give one too much of anything; surfeit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, dialectal, transitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To overburden or overpower with work; overwork; overtax.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, broadly, dialectal, transitive
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History
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”).