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forsteal

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
11
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12
Letters
8

Definition of forsteal

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To steal away, rob, deprive.
    “Be ye not willing to hoard to you gold hoards on earth, where rust and moth fortake it, and where thieves delve it and forsteal, […]”
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verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To steal away, rob, deprive.
    “Be ye not willing to hoard to you gold hoards on earth, where rust and moth fortake it, and where thieves delve it and forsteal, […]”

noun

  1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of forestall.

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Etymology

From Middle English forstelen, from Old English forstelan (“to steal away, steal, rob, deprive”), from Proto-Germanic *farstelaną, *frastelaną (“to steal, steal away”), equivalent to for- + steal. Cognate with Middle Low German vorstelen (“to steal away”), Middle High German ferstelan (“to steal away”).

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