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forlay

English

Alternative forms

  • forelay

Etymology

From for- +? lay, on analogy with waylay.

Verb

forlay (third-person singular simple present forlays, present participle forlaying, simple past and past participle forlaid)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To lay aside.
  2. (transitive) To lie in wait for; ambush.

Anagrams

  • lay for

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forway

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English forwayen, forweyen (to go astay, go out of the way), partly equivalent to for- +? way (compare Old English forwe?an (to overcome, kill)); and partly continuing, in altered form, Middle English forveien, forsveien, forvoyen (to err, go astray), from Old French forsveer, forvoier (to go astray, err).

Verb

forway (third-person singular simple present forways, present participle forwaying, simple past and past participle forwayed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To go out of the way; go astray; err; make a mistake; sin.

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