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forspill

verb

Etymology

From Middle English forspillen, from Old English forspillan, forspildan (“to waste, lose, disperse, bring to nothing, destroy, ruin, kill”), from Proto-West Germanic *furispilþijan. Equivalent to for- + spill. Cognate with Old High German farspildan, Dutch verspillen (“to waste”), Swedish förspilla (“to waste”).

  1. inherited from *furispilþijan✻
  2. inherited from forspillan
  3. inherited from forspillen

Definitions

  1. To destroy

    To destroy; ruin; lose.

    • In fine, all these treasures, like snow on the wold, Three days lain, then to nothing forspilled, suppose.
    • In questing for the talisman That ruled the wished-for treasure, The world on me, for grief of her, Was all forspilled; and 'twas not.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA