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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forsteal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
forsteal
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To steal away, rob, deprive.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

noun

Obsolete form of forestall.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English forstelen, from Old English forstelan (“to steal away, steal, rob, deprive”), from Proto-Germanic *farstelaną, *frastelaną (“to steal, steal away”), equivalent to for- + steal. Cognate with Middle Low German vorstelen (“to steal away”), Middle High German ferstelan (“to steal away”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: forstelen, forstelan, *farstelaną

Usage

Inflected Forms

forsteals (present, singular) forstealing (participle, present) forstole (past) forstolen (participle, past) forsteals (plural)

Questions

What does forsteal mean?
To steal away, rob, deprive.
Where does forsteal come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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