forspend

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  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.

词形变化

forspends present,singular,third-person forspending participle,present forspent participle,past forspent past forespend alternative

词源

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