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forspends

forspends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forspend.

Meaning of forspend

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.

Questions about forspends

What is forspends the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Forspends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forspend.

Words near forspends in the dictionary

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

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