"forspill" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: forspills [present, singular, third-person], forspilling [participle, present], forspilled [participle, past], forspilled [past], forspilt [participle, past], forspilt [past]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forspillen}} Middle English forspillen, {{inh|en|ang|forspillan}} Old English forspillan, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*furispilþijan}} Proto-West Germanic *furispilþijan, {{prefix|en|for|spill}} for- + spill, {{cog|goh|farspildan}} Old High German farspildan, {{cog|nl|verspillen||to waste}} Dutch verspillen (“to waste”), {{cog|sv|förspilla||to waste}} Swedish förspilla (“to waste”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=forspilt}} forspill (third-person singular simple present forspills, present participle forspilling, simple past and past participle forspilled or forspilt)
  1. (transitive) To destroy; ruin; lose. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-forspill-en-verb-f31ZOXhm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for-

Inflected forms

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