Pronunciations (2)
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/fɔː(ɹ)ˈsləʊ/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
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/fə(ɹ)ˈsləʊ/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
Verb
To be slow or tardy; to slow down.
Usage- Intransitive
- Obsolete
- Examples
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Furthermore all that are carried with circular motion, seem to foreslow, and to move with more than one motion.
To slow, hinder, delay, impede.
Usage- Obsolete
- Transitive
- Examples
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No stream, no wood, no mountain could foreslow / Their hasty pace.
Then rise, ye blessed flocks! and home apace, Lest night with stealing steps do you foreslow