forcasten

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adjective

Felled, fallen.

OriginMiddle English forcasten ← North Germanic →
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Meanings

adjectiveforcasten (comparative more forcasten, superlative most forcasten)

comparative more forcasten · superlative most forcasten

  1. obsoleteFelled, fallen.
  2. UKarchaicdialectalCast away, rejected; neglected; not used, cast off.

    I think Christ lieth like an old forcasten castle, forsaken of the inhabitants; all men run away now from Him.

    1891, Samuel Rutherford, Letters of Samuel Rutherford
  3. ScotlanddialectalAbandoned; forlorn.

    They dread full ill I was right poor, By my forcasten company.

    1976, David Craig, Scottish literature and the Scottish people

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
reprobate

Origin

  1. North Germanic
  2. Middle Englishforcasten
  3. Englishforcasten

Originally the past participle of obsolete forcast (“to cast away”); also from Middle English forcasten, a variant of forcast (“rejected, cast away”), past participle of forcasten (“to cast away, reject”), of North Germanic origin, compare Danish forkaste (“to reject”), Swedish förkasta (“to reject”), equivalent to for- + cast.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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