pple. and ppl. a. Obs. Sc. [f. FOR- pref.1 + DOVER v. + -ED1.] Overcome with slumber.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, II. vi. 35.
| This was that tyme quhen the fyrst quiet | |
| Of naturale sleip, to quham na gift mair sweit, | |
| Stelis on fordoverit mortale creaturis, | |
| And in thair swewynnis metis quent figuris. | |
| Ibid., IX. vi. 20. | |
| Apon the gyrs, ourset with sleip and wyne, | |
| Fordoveryt, fallyn down als drunk as swyne. |
