forslow

Etymology

From Middle English forslowen, forslewen (“to neglect”), from Old English forslāwian, forslǣwan (“to be slow, unwilling, delay, put off”), equivalent to for- + slow.

verb

  1. To be dilatory about; put off; postpone; neglect; omit.“[I]f you can thinke vpon any preſent meanes for his deliuerie, doe not forſlow it.”
  2. To delay; hinder; impede; obstruct.“But by no meanes my way I would forslow / For ought that ever she could doe or say […]”
  3. To be slow or dilatory; loiter.“Foreslow no longer, make we hence amaine.”