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forspare

forspare verb: to spare; do without.

Verb

forspare (third-person singular simple present forspares, present participle forsparing, simple past and past participle forspared)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To spare; do without.
    • I don't never buy no cheese, miss; I can't forspare the money for it.1889, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, The living age: Volume 183

Forms of forspare

third-person singular presentforspares
present participleforsparing
past participleforspared
pastforspared

Origin of forspare

From for- + spare.

Questions about forspare

What does forspare mean?
Forspare means to spare; do without.
What part of speech is forspare?
Forspare is a verb.
What is the past tense of forspare?
The past tense of forspare is forspared.

Words near forspare in the dictionary

  1. forsooth
  2. forsought
  3. forspake
  4. forspan
  5. forspanning
  6. forspare
  7. forspeak
  8. forspeaking
  9. forspeaks
  10. forspend
  11. forspending

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