forspent
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of forspent
First recorded in 1550–70; past participle of Middle English forspenden, Old English forspendan; see for-, spend
Example Sentences
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Thus, Sidney Lanier: Into the woods my Blaster went, clean forspent, forspent; Into the woods my Master went, forspent with love and shame.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Ox hath husht his Voyce and bent Trewe eye of Pity ore the Mow; And on his lovelie Neck, forspent, The Blessèd lays her Browe.
From From a Cornish Window A New Edition by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
But he felt no hunger, and unheeded Left the wine, and eager for the rest Which his limbs, forspent with travel, needed, On the couch he laid him, still undress'd.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various
Her face was pale, and she had the appearance of one who is utterly forspent.
From Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction by Joel Chandler Harris
Into the woods my Master went, Clean forspent, forspent.
From Poets of the South by F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton) Painter
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