forspent

[ fawr-spent ]

/ fɔrˈspɛnt /

adjective Archaic.

worn out; exhausted.

Nearby words

forsakenly, forseti, forsook, forsooth, forspeak, forspent, forssmann, forssmann, werner, forster, forster, e. m., forsterite

Also forespent.

Origin of forspent

past participle of Middle English forspenden, Old English forspendan. See for-, spend

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Examples from the Web for 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

/ (fɔːˈspɛnt) /

adjective

archaic tired out; exhausted

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