Archaic term meaning to separate widely, put at a distance, or divide from something.
From Old French 'forlongner' or Old English 'for-' + 'loin' (related to 'loin,' meaning distant or apart). Carries the sense of spatial separation.
This rare word captures a specific meaning of 'for-'—not 'against' or 'completely,' but literally 'at a distance'—showing how the prefix had many shades of meaning depending on what word it prefixed.
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