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t. & i. [FORAY, v.] for-rāy, s. (FORAY, 8.) The act of ravaging; a foray. for-rāy-er, s. [FORAYER.] *for-reach, v . t . [Pref. for- , and English reach (q. v.).] To direct. *for-rede, *for-read, v. t. [A. S. forrædan; Dut , verraden ; Sw. förrada ; Dan. forraade .] To condemn, to destroy. *for-ri-er, *for-re-our, *for-rey-our, s . [O. Fr. forier, fourrier .] A forager; a forayer. *for-ril, s. (FOREL.] Prepared skin of a calf or lamb. for-rit, adv. [FORWARD.] Forward. *for-rot, *for-rot-i-en, v. i. [A. S. forrotien; Dut. ver rotten.] To rot away. fors, s . [Etym. doubtful.] Rough hair on sheep for-så ke, v . t. & i. [A. S. for sac an , from for , neg. and sac an to contend, to strive; Dan. for sage ; Sw. försaka to forsake; Dut. verzagen to deny; Ger. versagen .] A. Transitive : forswear *for-slow, v . t . [FORESLOW.] To linger; to dally. *for-slugge, v . t . [Eng. for , and slug =to be idle.) To lose by idlene or indolence. *for-smite', v. t. [Pref. for , and Eng. smite (q. v.).] To smite down. *for-song-en, a . [Pref. for- , and Mid. English songen sung.] Weary or worn out with singing. for-sooth', *for-so the, adv . [English for , and sooth .] In truth, certainly, of a truth, in fact, very well. It is frequently used ironically. "Forsooth, only her maid had stuck a pin wrong in her gown." - Arbuthnot: History of John Bull. It was formerly used as a word of honor in addre to women. It is probable that an inferior, being called, showed his attention by answering in the words yes, forsooth , which latter in time lost its true meaning; and instead of a mere exclamatory interjection, was supposed a compellation. "Carry not too much under-thought betwixte your selfe and them, nor your city mannerly word ( forsooth ), use it not too often in any case; but plain I, madam, and no, madam."-B. Jonson: Poetaster , iv. 1. *for-soôth', v . t . [FORSOOTH, adv .] To addre with the word forsooth ; hence, to addre in a polite and ceremonious manner. *for-soôth', 8. [FORSOOTH, adv . ] One who is very polite and ceremonious to ladies; a ladies' 1. To leave; to quit; to desert; to abandon; to man; a coxcomb. depart or withdraw from. "The young horse must forsake his manger." Words worth: White Doe of Rylstone , ii. 2. To cease to have anything to do with; to reject; to renounce; to cease or refuse to follow. "Horror hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law."- Psalm exix. 53. 3. To cease or refuse to be guided by or subject to; to fall away from; to be faithle to. "'Twas now the time when first Saul God forsook , God Saul; the room in 's heart wild pa ions took." Cowley: Davideis. *4. To refuse. "If you forsake the offer of their love." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt . I. , iv. 2. *5. To deny. "Peter for soke oure Lord thries."- Maundeville, p. 91. *B. In trans.: To refuse, to decline. "This bricklayer who forsooke to go into heaven because his wife was there."-R. Greene: News from Heaven and Hell. (1593.)