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Forlorn"
(), a.[OE., p. p. of forlesen to lose utterly, AS. forlesan (p. p. forloren); pref. for- + lesan (in comp.) to lose; cf. D. verliezen to lose, G. verlieren, Sw. frlora, Dan. forloren, Goth. fraliusan to lose. See For-, and Lorn, a., Lose, v. t.]
1. Deserted; abandoned; lost.
Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn.
Spenser.
Some say that ravens foster forlorn children.
Shak.
2. Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
For here forlorn and lost I tread.
Goldsmith.
The condition of the besieged in the mean time was forlorn in the extreme.
Prescott.
She cherished the forlorn hope that he was still living.
Thomson.
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
Forlorn"
n.
1. A lost, forsaken, or solitary person.
Forced to live in Scotland a forlorn.
Shak.
2. A forlorn hope; a vanguard. [Obs.]
Our forlorn of horse marched within a mile of the enemy.
Oliver Cromvell.



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