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forspent
[ fawr-spent ]
/ fɔrˈspɛnt /
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adjective Archaic.
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Also fore·spent [fawr-spent, fohr-] /fɔrˈspɛnt, ˈfoʊr-/ .
Words nearby forspent
for short, for show, forsook, forsooth, forspeak, forspent, Forssmann, for starters, Forster, forsterite, Forstner bit
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How to use forspent in a sentence
How few of us are willing to go alone into the woods whither the Master went, clean forspent, clean forspent?
The Shepherd Psalm|William EvansNo 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 RossHer face was pale, and she had the appearance of one who is utterly forspent.
Gabriel Tolliver|Joel Chandler Harris
British Dictionary definitions for forspent
forspent
forespent
/ (fɔːˈspɛnt) /
adjective
archaic tired out; exhausted
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