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Meaning of forslack | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
fə(ɹ)ˈslæk

Definitions

  1. To slack up; be or grow slack; pall.
    intransitive, rare
  2. To be slack in; neglect by idleness; relax; render slack; delay; lose or spoil by slackness.
    obsolete, transitive

Examples

“But they were virgins all, and love eschewed / That might forslack the charge to them fore-shewd.”
“The official thinking to foreslacke no time, taking counsell with his fellowes, laide hands uppon this Peter, and brought him before the inquisitor.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

forslacked forslacking forslacks forsleep forsling forslinging

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