Forspend

//fɔː(ɹ)ˈspɛnd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To spend up; spend completely; exhaust, as by overexertion. transitive

    "a. 1843, Robert Southey, (Inscription) at Borrosa A painful march, / Through twenty hours of night and day prolong'd, / Forespent the British troops."

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"a. 1843, Robert Southey, (Inscription) at Borrosa A painful march, / Through twenty hours of night and day prolong'd, / Forespent the British troops."

Etymology

From Middle English forspenden, from Old English forspendan (“to spend up, give out, squander, consume”), equivalent to for- + spend.

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