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forspilling

forspilling is the present participle and gerund of forspill.

Meaning of forspill

Verb

forspill (third-person singular simple present forspills, present participle forspilling, simple past and past participle forspilled or forspilt)

  1. (transitive) To destroy; ruin; lose.
    • In fine, all these treasures, like snow on the wold, Three days lain, then to nothing forspilled, suppose.1898, Omar Khayyam, John Payne, Villon Society, The quatrains of Omar Kheyyam of Nishapour

Questions about forspilling

What is forspilling the present participle and gerund of?
Forspilling is the present participle and gerund of forspill.

Words near forspilling in the dictionary

  1. forspending
  2. forspends
  3. forspent
  4. forspill
  5. forspilled
  6. forspilling
  7. forspills
  8. forspoke
  9. forspoken
  10. forspread
  11. Forssman

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