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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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17 words match “FORLORN”

FORLORN a. 4 definitions
Deserted abandoned; lost. Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn. Spenser. Some say that ravens foster forlorn children. Shak.
FORLORNLY adv.
In a forlorn manner. Pollok.
FORLORNNESS n.
State of being forlorn. Boyle.
ALL adv.
, altogether. But the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word all (as it does in "all forlorn," and similar expressions), and the to properly belongs to the following word, being a kind of intensive prefix (orig. meaning asunder and answering to the LG. ter-, HG. zer- ). It is frequently to be met with in old books…
BRAMBLED a.
Overgrown with brambles. Forlorn she sits upon the brambled floor. T. Warton.
CIRQUE n.
us; a circular erection or arrangement of objects. A dismal cirque Of Druid stones upon a forlorn moor. Keats.
FOSTER v.
To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up. Some say that ravens foster forlorn children. Shak.
HERMITAGE n.
The habitation of a hermit; a secluded residence. Some forlorn and naked hermitage, Remote from all the pleasures of the world. Shak.
IMPRECATE v.
invoke evil upon; to curse; to swear at. In vain we blast the ministers of Fate, And the forlorn physicians imprecate. Rochester.
INFESTIVE a.
Having no mirth; not festive or merry; dull; cheerless; gloomy; forlorn. [R.]
PERDU n.
A soldier sent on a forlorn hope. Shak.
REFT p.
Bereft. Reft of thy sons, amid thy foes forlorn. Heber.
SERVICE n.
oem was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles. Dryden. To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor Macaulay.
TONSURED a.
Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald. A tonsured head in middle age forlorn. Tennyson.
UPTILL prep.
To; against. [Obs. & R.] She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Leaned her breast uptill a thorn. Shak.
WEFT n.
A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif. [Obs.] "A forlorn weft." Spenser.
WHO pron.
Daniel. Adders who with cloven tongues Do hiss into madness. Shak. Whom I could pity thus forlorn. Milton. How hard is our fate, who serve in the state. Addison. Who cheapens life, abates the fear of death. Young. The brace of large greyhounds, who were the companions of his sports. Sir W. Scott.