forslip

English

Etymology

From for- +‎ slip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fə(ɹ)ˈslɪp/

Verb

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