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To give up; to leave; to abandon.

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  1. v. t. To give up; to leave; to abandon.
  2. To give up; to leave; to abandon. [Obs.] "To forlet sin." Chaucer.
  3. To give up; to leave; to abandon. [Obs.] "To forlet sin."Chaucer.
  4. forlet (third-person singular simple present forlets, present participle forletting, simple past and past participle forlet) (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal) To abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; forsake; desert; neglect. [10th-17th c.] (transitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To forget.