forspent

[ fawr-spent ]
/ fɔrˈspɛnt /

adjective Archaic.

worn out; exhausted.
Also forespent.

Origin of forspent

past participle of Middle English forspenden, Old English forspendan. See for-, spend

Words nearby forspent

forsaken, forseti, forsook, forsooth, forspeak, forspent, forssmann, forster, forsterite, forstner bit, forswear

Example sentences from the Web for forspent

  • No wonder there is an appalling infant mortality, while a childbed death is too often the fate of the forspent mother.

    The Old World in the New |Edward Alsworth Ross

British Dictionary definitions for forspent

forspent

forespent

/ (fɔːˈspɛnt) /

adjective

archaic tired out; exhausted