forspend
verb/fɔː(ɹ)ˈspɛnd/
Etymology From Middle English forspenden, from Old English forspendan (“to spend up, give out, squander, consume”), equivalent to for- + spend.
1
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.
- Derived terms
- forspent