English Explanatory Dictionary

forsteal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To steal away, rob, deprive.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of forestall.

Word forms

forsteal forsteals forstealing forstole forstolen

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”).

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