FORLORN', a. 1. Deserted; destitute; stripped or deprived; forsaken. Hence, lost; helpless; wretched; solitary.Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn.To live again in these wild woods forlorn.For here forlorn and lost I tread.2. Taken away. Obs.When as night hath us of light forlorn.3. Small; despicable; in a ludicrous sense.Forlorn hope, properly, a desperate case; hence in military affairs, a detachment of men appointed to lead in an assault, to storm a counterscarp, enter a breach, or perform other service attended with uncommon peril. FORLORN', n. A lost, forsaken, solitary person.
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