"forcasten" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more forcasten [comparative], most forcasten [superlative]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|forcast||to cast away}} forcast (“to cast away”), {{der|en|enm|forcasten}} Middle English forcasten, {{m|enm|forcast||rejected, cast away}} forcast (“rejected, cast away”), {{m|enm|forcasten||to cast away, reject}} forcasten (“to cast away, reject”), {{der|en|gmq}} North Germanic, {{cog|da|forkaste||to reject}} Danish forkaste (“to reject”), {{cog|sv|förkasta||to reject}} Swedish förkasta (“to reject”), {{prefix|en|for|cast}} for- + cast Head templates: {{en-adj}} forcasten (comparative more forcasten, superlative most forcasten)
  1. (obsolete) Felled, fallen. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-forcasten-en-adj-xoSIGvkI
  2. (archaic, UK dialectal) Cast away, rejected; neglected; not used, cast off. Tags: UK, archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-forcasten-en-adj-ahj3OL0I Categories (other): British English
  3. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Abandoned; forlorn. Tags: Scotland, dialectal
    Sense id: en-forcasten-en-adj-MJnsFaOF Categories (other): Scottish English

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