FORESLOW

Etymology

Verb

foreslow (third-person singular simple present foreslows, present participle foreslowing, simple past and past participle foreslowed)

(obsolete, intransitive) To be slow or tardy; to slow down.

(obsolete, transitive) To slow, hinder, delay, impede.

Source: Wiktionary


Fore*slow", v. t. Etym: [See Forslow.]

Definition: To make slow; to hinder; to obstruct. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. t. No stream, no wood, no mountain could foreslow Their hasty pace. Fairfax.

Fore*slow", v. i.

Definition: To loiter. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. i.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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