forsetとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 forsetten, from 古期英語 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”).

動詞

forset (third-person singular simple present forsets, present participle forsetting, simple past and past participle forset)

1. (transitive, dialectal, Cumbria, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire) To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap.
2. (transitive, dialectal, figuratively, Cumbria, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire) To upset; hinder.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sadden, Thesaurus:hinder

3. (transitive, dialectal, Cumbria, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire) To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede.

   Synonyms: bebay, beleaguer, encircle

   backset and forset

4. (transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To overpower; give one too much of anything; surfeit.
5. (transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland, by extension) To overburden or overpower with work; overwork; overtax.

名詞

forset (plural forsets)

1. (transitive, dialectal) A stratagem.

参照

• Wright, Joseph (1900) The English Dialect Dictionary‎, volume 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 468

アナグラム

• Forest, Forets, Fortes, Foster, fetors, forest, fortes, fortés, foster, froste, softer