Meaning

1 senses

  1. To destroy; ruin; lose.

Origin

From Middle English forspillen, from Old English forspillan, forspildan (“to waste, lose,

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”).

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Forms

forspills, forspilling, forspilled, forspilled
Base formforspill · to forspill
3rd person singularforspills
Present participleforspilling
Past simpleforspilled / forspilt
Past participleforspilled / forspilt

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforspill
he, she, itforspills

Past simpleLesson

all personsforspilled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave forspilled
he, she, ithas forspilled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill forspill

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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