Meanings
verbforslip (third-person singular simple present forslips, present participle forslipping, simple past and past participle forslipped or (archaic) forslipt)
present singular third person forslips · participle present forslipping · participle past forslipped · past forslipped · archaic participle past forslipt · archaic past forslipt
- obsoletetransitiveTo let slip; allow someone or something to escape.
a thing howsoever once past and forslipt, cannot be recalled and amended
1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “(please specify the book number)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forslip,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forslip.
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