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   Forlese , v. t. [p. p. Forlore , Forlorn .] [OE. forlesen. See Forlorn.] To lose utterly. [Obs.]
   haucer.
   
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   Forlorn , a. [OE., p. p. of forlesen to lose utterly, AS. forleósan (p. p. forloren); pref. for- + leósan (in comp.) to lose; cf. D. verliezen to lose, G. verlieren, Sw. förlora, Dan. forloren, Goth. fraliusan to lose. See For-, and Lorn, a., Lose, v. t.]
   Deserted; abandoned; lost.
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   Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn.
   Spenser.
   
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   Some say that ravens foster forlorn children.
   Shak.
   
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   Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
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   For here forlorn and lost I tread.
   Goldsmith.
   
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   The condition of the besieged in the mean time was forlorn in the extreme.
   Prescott.
   
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   She cherished the forlorn hope that he was still living.
   Thomson.
   
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   A forlorn hope [D. verloren hoop, prop., a lost band or troop; verloren, p. p. of verliezen to lose + hoop band; akin to E. heap. See For-, and Heap.] (Mil.), a body of men (called in F. enfants perdus, in G. verlornen posten) selected, usually from volunteers, to attempt a breach, scale the wall of a fortress, or perform other extraordinarily perilous service; also, a desperate case or enterprise.
   Syn. -- Destitute, lost; abandoned; forsaken; solitary; helpless; friendless; hopeless; abject; wretched; miserable; pitiable.
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   Forlorn, n.
   A lost, forsaken, or solitary person.
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   Forced to live in Scotland a forlorn.
   Shak.
   
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   A forlorn hope; a vanguard. [Obs.]
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   Our forlorn of horse marched within a mile of the enemy.
   Oliver Cromvell.
   
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