Originally the past participle of obsoleteforcast(“to cast away”); also fromMiddle Englishforcasten, a variant offorcast(“rejected, cast away”), past participle offorcasten(“to cast away, reject”), ofNorth Germanic origin, compareDanishforkaste(“to reject”),Swedishförkasta(“to reject”), equivalent tofor- +‎cast.

forcasten (comparativemoreforcasten,superlativemostforcasten)

1. (obsolete)Felled,fallen.
2. (archaic, UK dialectal)Cast away,rejected;neglected; notused,cast off.
   • 1891, Samuel Rutherford,Letters of Samuel Rutherford:

     I think Christ lieth like an oldforcasten castle, forsaken of the inhabitants; all men run away now from Him.

3. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland)Abandoned;forlorn.
   • 1976, David Craig,Scottish literature and the Scottish people:

     They dread full ill I was right poor, By myforcasten company.

• foscarnet,fractones

Fromfor- +‎casten(“to throw, cast”), ofNorth Germanic origin, compareDanishforkaste(“to reject”),Swedishförkasta(“to reject”).

forcasten

1. toreject,cast away
2. alternativepastparticiple offorcasten

forcasten

1. neglected

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