forslip

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English

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Etymology

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From for- +‎ slip.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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forslip (third-person singular simple present forslips, present participle forslipping, simple past and past participle forslipped or (archaic) forslipt)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To let slip; allow someone or something to escape.
    • 1659, 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:
      a thing howsoever once past and forslipt, cannot be recalled and amended