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forˈslow, foreˈslow, v. Obs. exc. arch.
Forms: 1 forsláwian, 3–4 for-, south. vorslewe, 6–7 for(e)slow(e, (6 foresloe). pa. tense 6–7 for(e)slowed, (6 -slowe). pa. pple. 3 vorslewede, 6 for(e)slowed, -slowne, 9 foreslowen.
[OE. forsláwian, f. for- prefix1 + sláwian to be slow, f. sláw, slow a.]
†1. trans. To be slow or dilatory about; to lose or spoil by sloth; to delay, neglect, omit, put off. Also with inf. obj. Obs. exc. arch.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. x, Þu naht ne forslawodest þæt þu þin aᵹen feorh for hine ne sealdest. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 4055 Wanne hii vorsoke is & uorslewede [v.r. for slewþed] & to none defense ne come. c1315Shoreham 114 Hyt hys thorwe besynesse That men for-slewyth hyt. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋611 This foule sinne Accidie..forsleweth and forsluggeth, and destroyeth alle goodes temporeles. 1507Will of Duke (Somerset Ho.), My tithes forgoten or forslewyd. 1585Abp. Sandys Serm. (1841) 172 By procrastination..& forslowing our turning to the Lord. 1591Harington Orl. Fur. xli. xlvii, He foresloed when he was on ground To be baptized. 1633Hanmer Chron. Irel. 171 Do good then here, fore slow no time. 1677W. Hubbard Narrative 71 They were resolved to foreslow no opportunity. 1862Sir H. Taylor St. Clement's Eve iii. vi, Rash attempts shall fitly be foreslowen.
†2. To make slow, delay, hinder, impede, obstruct; to slacken. Obs. exc. arch.
1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 274/2 He foreslowed not his iourneie. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. June 119 Least night with stealing steppes doe you forsloe. 1603Sir C. Heydon Jud. Astrol. xxi. 474 Saturne doth onely foreslow the operation of the Moone; the rest of the Planets doe all further her working. a1660Hammond Wks. (1684) IV. 565 If they be any time foreslowed and trashed by either outward or inward restraints. 1682Dryden To Duchess on her return 15 The wond'ring Nereids..Foreslow'd [Bell printed foreflowed] her passage to behold her form. 1855Singleton Virgil I. 140 What delay foreslows the laggard nights.
absol.1615Crooke Body of Man 261 Nature..doth not either preuent or foreslow vnlesse shee be prouoked.
†3. intr. To be slow or dilatory. Obs.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xi. 8 Although God forslow and delay for a while, yit..the time of vengeance will surely come. 1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, ii. iii. 56 Foreslow no longer, make we hence amaine.
Hence forˈslowed ppl. a., forˈslowing vbl. n. Also forˈslower, one who ‘forslows’.
c1590Cartwright in Presbyt. Rev. Jan. (1888) 116 Much les cast you into forfiture for a fooresloed [printed foorestoed] letter. 1593Nashe Christs T. 81 b, Of these foreslowers it is sayde..I will spue them out of my mouth. 1611Cotgr., Accrochement..a staying, delaying, or foreslowing, of a Suit. |