forslip

verb

forslip

verb

/fə(ɹ)ˈslɪp/

Etymology From for- + slip.

1

Obsolete To let slip; allow someone or something to escape.

  • a thing howsoever once past and forslipt, cannot be recalled and amended1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “(please specify the book number)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC:

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