forslip

English edit

Etymology edit

From for- +‎ slip.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /fə(ɹ)ˈslɪp/

Verb edit

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

(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