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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as forcet.

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  • verb transitive, dialectal To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap.
  • verb transitive, dialectal, figuratively To upset; hinder.
  • verb transitive, dialectal To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede.
  • verb transitive, dialectal To overpower; give one too much of anything; surfeit.
  • verb transitive, dialectal, by extension To overburden or overpower with work; overwork; overtax.
  • noun transitive, dialectal A strategem.

Etymologies

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From Middle English forsetten, from Old English forsettan ("to hedge in, obstruct, oppress"), equivalent to for- +‎ set. Cognate with Dutch verzetten ("to move"), German versetzen ("to put, move, transfer, transpose"), Swedish försätta ("to go on, remove, set").

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