forcast

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verb

To cast away; reject.

OriginMiddle English forcasten →
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Meanings

forcast1

verbforcast (third-person singular simple present forcasts, present participle forcasting, simple past and past participle forcast)

present singular third person forcasts · participle present forcasting

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo cast away; reject.

forcast2

noun
  1. alternativeobsoleteAlternative form of forecast.
  2. misspellingMisspelling of forecast.

Origin

forcast · verb

  1. Middle Englishforcasten“to cast away, reject”
  2. Englishforcast

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

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forcast · noun

  1. Middle Englishforcast
  2. Englishforcast

From Middle English forcast, variant of forecast.

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APA

forcast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forcast

MLA

“forcast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forcast. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forcast,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forcast.

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