forsteal
English
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English forstelen, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English forstelan (“to steal away, steal, rob, deprive”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *farstelaną, *frastelaną (“to steal, steal away”), equivalent to for- + steal. Cognate with Middle Low German vorstelen (“to steal away”), Middle High German ferstelan (“to steal away”).
Verb
forsteal (third-person singular simple present forsteals, present participle forstealing, simple past forstole, past participle forstolen)
- (transitive, obsolete) To steal away, rob, deprive.
Etymology 2
Variant of forestall.
Noun
forsteal (plural forsteals)