forlet

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Definition of forlet in English English dictionary

To abandon, give up; leave, forsake

to forlet your sins.

To give up; to leave; to abandon

Etymology

() From Middle English forleten, from Old English forlǣtan (“to abandon”), from for- + lǣtan (“to allow, cause, let”). Akin to Dutch verlaten (“to desert”), German verlassen (“to leave”). More at for-, let.