"forsta" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Dutch verstaan (“to understand”)",
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      "expansion": "Middle Low German vorstân (“to understand”)",
      "name": "der"
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        "3": "farstandan",
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      "expansion": "Old Saxon farstandan (“to understand”)",
      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "for- + stand",
      "name": "af"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "forstand"
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  "etymology_text": "Probably from Dutch verstaan (“to understand”); or from Norwegian forstå (“to understand”), itself from Middle Low German vorstân (“to understand”), from Old Saxon farstandan (“to understand”), equivalent to for- + stand. More at forstand.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "forstas",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstaing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstaed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstaed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1714, Joseph Ritson, Scotish song",
          "text": "A cripple I'm not, ye forsta me, Tho' lame of a hand that I be; [...]",
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        }
      ],
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        "To comprehend; understand."
      ],
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        "(transitive, intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To comprehend; understand."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "forstaa"
        },
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          "tags": [
            "Scotland"
          ],
          "word": "forstaw"
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        "transitive"
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  "word": "forsta"
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      "expansion": "Dutch verstaan (“to understand”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "no",
        "3": "forstå",
        "t": "to understand"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian forstå (“to understand”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "vorstân",
        "t": "to understand"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "osx",
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        "t": "to understand"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon farstandan (“to understand”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "for-",
        "3": "stand"
      },
      "expansion": "for- + stand",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "forstand"
      },
      "expansion": "forstand",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Dutch verstaan (“to understand”); or from Norwegian forstå (“to understand”), itself from Middle Low German vorstân (“to understand”), from Old Saxon farstandan (“to understand”), equivalent to for- + stand. More at forstand.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "forstas",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstaing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstaed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstaed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "English terms derived from Old Saxon",
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        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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          "text": "A cripple I'm not, ye forsta me, Tho' lame of a hand that I be; [...]",
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      ],
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        "To comprehend; understand."
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      ],
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  ],
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    {
      "word": "forstaa"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "forstaw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forsta"
}