forsteal

English

Etymology 1

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”).

Verb

forsteal (third-person singular simple present forsteals, present participle forstealing, simple past forstole, past participle forstolen)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To steal away, rob, deprive.
   • 1861, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Spoon and sparrow:

     Be ye not willing to hoard to you gold hoards on earth, where rust and moth fortake it, and where thieves delve it and forsteal, […]

Etymology 2

Variant of forestall.

Noun

forsteal (plural forsteals)

1. Obsolete form of forestall.

Anagrams

• forestal, refloats, forelast, floaters, Lafortes, floe rats, Laforest