† forsleep, v. Obs.
[f. for- prefix1 + sleep v.]
a. intr. Only in pa. pple.: Overcome with sleep. b. trans. To neglect through sleep.
| 1382 Wyclif Prov. xxiii. 34 The steris man al forslept, the steer staf lost. 1571 Campion Hist. Irel. vii. (1633) 21 Before the generall flood..when every man foreslept the monition. |