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English
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”).
Verb
forspill (third-person singular simple present forspills, present participle forspilling, simple past and past participle forspilled or forspilt)
- (transitive) To destroy; ruin; lose.
1898, Omar Khayyam, John Payne, Villon Society, The quatrains of Omar Kheyyam of Nishapour:In fine, all these treasures, like snow on the wold, Three days lain, then to nothing forspilled, suppose.
2011, John Payne Hafiz, The Collected Poems of Hafiz: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.