Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forleave

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
for-leave
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To depart from (someone); leave (someone) behind; abandon; forsake; desert; give up; relinquish.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English forleven; equivalent to for- + leave. Compare Old High German firleiban.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

forleaves (present, singular) forleaving (participle, present) forleft (participle, past) forleft (past)

Questions

What does forleave mean?
To depart from (someone); leave (someone) behind; abandon; forsake; desert; give up; relinquish.
Where does forleave come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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