forset

Meaning

Verb

1. To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap.
2. To upset; hinder.
3. To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede.
4. To overpower; give one too much of anything; surfeit.
5. To overburden or overpower with work; overwork; overtax.

Noun

A stratagem.

Etymology

From Middle English forsetten, from Old English forsettan (“to hedge in, obstruct, oppress”), equivalent to for- + set. Cognate with Dutch verzetten (“to move”), German versetzen (“to put, move, transfer, transpose”), Swedish försätta (“to go on, remove, set”).