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单词 forslow
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forslowforeslowv.

Forms: Old English forsláwian, Middle English for-, southern vorslewe, 1500s–1600s for(e)slow(e, (1500s foresloe). past tense 1500s–1600s for(e)slowed, (1500s for(e)slowe). past participle Middle English vorslewede, 1500s for(e)slowed, for(e)slowne, 1800s foreslowen.
Etymology: Old English forsláwian , < for- prefix1 + sláwian to be slow, < sláw , slow adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: forˈslow.
Obsolete exc. archaic.
1. transitive. To be slow or dilatory about; to lose or spoil by sloth; to delay, neglect, omit, put off. Also with infinitive object. Obsolete exc. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)]
forslowc888
eldc897
forsita940
gele971
lengOE
drilla1300
delayc1300
onfrestc1300
tarryc1320
jornc1330
dretchc1380
defer1382
forbida1387
to put offa1387
to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393
dilate1399
fordrawa1400
to put overc1410
latch?c1422
adjournc1425
prolongc1425
proloynec1425
rejournc1425
to put in respite1428
sleuthc1430
respitea1450
prorogue1453
refer1466
sleep1470
supersede1482
respectc1487
postpone1496
overseta1500
respett1500
enjourna1513
relong1523
retract1524
tarde1524
track1524
to fode forth1525
tract1527
protract1528
further1529
to make stay of1530
surcease1530
prorogate1534
to fay upon longc1540
linger1543
retard?1543
slake1544
procrastine1548
reprieve1548
remit1550
suspense1556
leave1559
shiftc1562
suspend1566
procrastinate1569
dally1574
post1577
to hold off1580
drift1584
loiter1589
postpose1598
to take one's (own) timea1602
flag1602
slug1605
elong1610
belay1613
demur1613
tardya1616
to hang up1623
frist1637
disjourn1642
future1642
off1642
waive1653
superannuate1655
perendinate1656
stave1664
detard1675
remora1686
to put back1718
withhold1726
protract1737
to keep over1847
to hold over1853
laten1860
to lay over1885
hold1891
back-burner1975
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > spend (time) in sloth or laziness [verb (transitive)] > lose or neglect through sloth
forslowc888
forsloth1297
forslugc1315
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. x Þu naht ne forslawodest þæt þu þin agen feorh for hine ne sealdest.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 4055 Wanne hii vorsoke is & uorslewede [v.r. for slewþed] & to none defense ne come.
c1315 Shoreham 114 Hyt hys thorwe besynesse That men for-slewyth hyt.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋611 This foule sinne Accidie..forsleweth and forsluggeth, and destroyeth alle goodes temporeles.
1507 Will of Robert Duke (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/15) f. 198v My tithes forgoten or forslewyd.
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. ix. 148 By procrastination,..& forslowing our turning to the Lord.
1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xli. xlvii. 345 He forsloed when he was on ground, To be baptisd.
a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 171 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Do good then here, fore slow no time.
1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. 71 They were resolved to foreslow no opportunity.
1862 H. Taylor St. Clement's Eve iii. vi Rash attempts shall fitly be foreslowen.
2. To make slow, delay, hinder, impede, obstruct; to slacken. Obsolete exc. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > hinder or delay
bestayc1330
tarry1340
delaya1393
to put aback1450
to pull backa1470
retard1490
tarde1524
retary1526
to throw back1562
forslow1570
backward1594
detain1600
to set back1600
slug1605
retardate1613
tardya1616
taigle?1635
backen1649
remore1652
remorate1657
to cast back1671
to hold up1887
to knock back1945
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 379/1 He forslowed not his iourney.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. June 119 Least night with stealing steppes doe you forsloe.
1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. xxi. 474 Saturne doth onely foreslow the operation of the Moone; the rest of the Planets doe all further her working.
a1660 H. Hammond Wks. (1684) IV. 565 If they be any time foreslowed and trashed by either outward or inward restraints.
1682 J. Dryden Prol. to Dutchess sig. A1 The wondring Nereids..Foreslow'd [Bell printed foreflowed] her passage to behold her form.
1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 140 What delay foreslows the laggard nights.
absolute.1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 261 Nature..doth not either preuent or foreslow vnlesse shee be prouoked.
3. intransitive. To be slow or dilatory. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > move or go slowly [verb (intransitive)] > be or become tardy or sluggish
tarrya1375
forslow1571
sulk1905
the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > be or become slow [verb (intransitive)] > be dilatory
slowOE
tarrya1375
linger1548
procrastinate1548
slackc1560
forslow1571
to hang back1581
to hang an (also the) arse1596
to hang fire1782
to be slow off the mark1972
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xi. 8) Although God forslow and delay for a while, yit..the time of vengeance will surely come.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. iii. 56 Foreslow no longer, make we hence amaine. View more context for this quotation

Derivatives

forˈslowed adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > hindering or retarding > hindered or retarded
forslowedc1590
retardate1598
retarded1636
c1590 T. Cartwright in Presbyterian Rev. (1888) Jan. 116 Much les cast you into forfiture for a fooresloed [printed foorestoed] letter.
forˈslowing n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > hindering or retarding
retardationc1437
tardation1568
delay1570
retarding1585
detention1589
forslowing1611
remore1627
retardment1640
tardidation1647
backing1649
retardure1751
demurrage1817
delayal1834
delaying action1872
heel-tapping?1883
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Accrochement..a staying, delaying, or foreslowing, of a Suit.
forˈslower n. one who ‘forslows’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun] > one who or that which is slow > one who or that which delays or retards
forslower1593
skid1841
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 81 b Of these foreslowers it is sayde..I will spue them out of my mouth.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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