Etymology

forcast

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Today it means: To cast away; reject. Full definition →

Middle English forcasten
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forcast · verb1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromforcasten“to cast away, reject”
  2. English todayforcast

From Middle English forcasten (“to cast away, reject”). Cognate with Swedish förkasta (“to reject”). Cf. forcasten. By surface analysis, for- + cast.

forcast · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromforcast
  2. English todayforcast

From Middle English forcast, variant of forecast.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishforcasten all →

forcasten

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