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forspend

/fɔː(ɹ)ˈspɛnd/

forspend verb: to spend up; spend completely; exhaust, as by overexertion.

Verb

forspend (third-person singular simple present forspends, present participle forspending, simple past and past participle forspent)

  1. (transitive) To spend up; spend completely; exhaust, as by overexertion.
    • a. 1843, Robert Southey, (Inscription) at Borrosa
      A painful march, / Through twenty hours of night and day prolong'd, / Forespent the British troops.

forspend meaning in Bengali

forspend in Bengali

সম্পূর্ণ খরচ করা, পুরোপুরি ব্যয় করা

Forms of forspend

third-person singular presentforspends
present participleforspending
past participleforspent
pastforspent
alternative formforespend

Origin of forspend

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

Words formed from forspend

Words that rhyme with forspend

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Questions about forspend

What does forspend mean?
Forspend means to spend up; spend completely; exhaust, as by overexertion.
What is forspend in Bengali?
Forspend in Bengali is সম্পূর্ণ খরচ করা, পুরোপুরি ব্যয় করা. See Forspend meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is forspend?
Forspend is a verb.
How do you pronounce forspend?
Forspend is pronounced /fɔː(ɹ)ˈspɛnd/.
What is the past tense of forspend?
The past tense of forspend is forspent.

Words near forspend in the dictionary

  1. forspanning
  2. forspare
  3. forspeak
  4. forspeaking
  5. forspeaks
  6. forspend
  7. forspending
  8. forspends
  9. forspent
  10. forspill
  11. forspilled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forspend (page history and authors); forspend (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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