forsume

English

Etymology

From for- +‎ *sume, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sūmijaną (“to tarry, hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *seuy-, *seiw-, *syew- (“to leave, let remain”). Cognate with Dutch verzuimen (“to neglect, miss”), German versäumen (“to miss, fail, neglect, procrastinate”), Danish forsömme (“to neglect”), Swedish försumma (“to neglect, omit, be careless of, miss”).

Verb

forsume (third-person singular simple present forsumes, present participle forsuming, simple past and past participle forsumed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete, Britain, dialectal) To neglect; misuse; waste; consume.
    • 1901, original c. 1509-1547, Edward Arber, The Surrey & Wyatt anthology, page 231:
      And if [that] ye be a Counsellor slee,
      Why should ye slothfully your time forsume?

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