† forchasev.
Obsolete.
transitive.
a. To chase or drive away; to put to flight.
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society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > put to flight
to bring or do on (usually a, o) flighta1225
fleya1225
forchasea1400
ruse?a1425
skailc1425
dislodgea1450
to put to (the) flight (or upon the flight)1489
to turn to or into flight1526
discamp1566
flightc1571
dissipate1596
to put to (a, the) rout1596
dissipe1597
rout1600
disrout1626
derout1637
to beat off1650
to send to the right about (also rightabouts)1743
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6977 An hundreth moght for-chace, Quils þai wit þam had godds grace.
1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Pij Manfully forchasyng of hir enemies.
b. To tire with chasing or running.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)] > with walking or running
forchasea1510
forwalk1513
trachlea1578
surbate1590
walk1622
overmarch1670
a1510 G. Douglas King Hart i. xxxiii Radour ran hame full fleyit and forchaist.
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