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• forspend — verb To spend up; spend completely; exhaust, as by overexertion. a painful march, Through twenty hours of night and day prolongd, Forspent the British troops. ― Southey …   Wiktionary

• fore|spend — «fr SPEHND, fohr », transitive verb, spent, spend|ing. = forspend. (Cf. ↑forspend) …   Useful english dictionary

• forspent — [fôr spent′] adj. [pp. of obs. forspend < OE forspendan, to use up: see FOR & SPEND] Archaic exhausted with toil; fatigued …   English World dictionary

• forespend — forespend1 see under ↑fore forespendˈ transitive verb (pat forespentˈ) To spend beforehand (see also ↑forspend) • • • Main Entry: ↑fore …   Useful english dictionary