† forteev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To draw away (to evil): to seduce.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > leading astray > [verb (transitive)]
forteeOE
fortihtOE
bicharrea1000
perverta1382
faitc1430
perversec1475
seduce1477
seduec1485
seduct1490
wry1563
the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > entice or seduce
forteeOE
fortihtOE
forleadOE
forthteec1200
seduec1485
seduct1490
seduce1519
suggesta1586
debaucha1595
mispersuade1597
the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > attract, allure, or entice [verb (transitive)] > entice or seduce > away or from
forteeOE
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > lead astray
forteeOE
fortihtOE
weyec1315
faitc1430
seduec1485
seduct1490
seduce1519
misincline1652
OE Crist I 270 Forþon we, nergend, þe biddað geornlice breostgehygdum þæt..þin hondgeweorc, hæleþa scyppend, mote arisan ond on ryht cuman to þam upcundan æþelan rice, þonan us ær þurh synlust se swearta gæst forteah ond fortylde.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 87 Þe fule gost..forteð þat child..to here wille.
a1250 Prov. Ælfred 334 in Old Eng. Misc. 122 For hit seyþ in the l[e]oþ as scumes forteoþ..þat cold rede is quene red.
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