forspend

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Etymology

From Middle English forspenden, from Old English forspendan (“to spend up, give out, squander, consume”), equivalent to for- +‎ spend.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔː(ɹ)ˈspɛnd/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnd

Verb

forspend (third-person singular simple present forspends, present participle forspending, simple past and past participle forspent)

  1. (transitive) To spend up; spend completely; exhaust, as by overexertion.
    • a. 1843, Robert Southey, (Inscription) at Borrosa
      A painful march, / Through twenty hours of night and day prolong'd, / Forespent the British troops.

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