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forspent


forspent [fawr-spent] ExamplesWord Origin adjective Archaic.

  1. worn out; exhausted.

Also forespent. Origin of forspent past participle of Middle English forspenden, Old English forspendan. See for-, spend Examples from the Web for forspent Historical Examples of forspent

  • No wonder there is an appalling infant mortality, while a childbed death is too often the fate of the forspent mother.

    The Old World in the New

    Edward Alsworth Ross

  • British Dictionary definitions for forspent forspent forespent adjective

    1. archaic tired out; exhausted
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