forspill

Meaning

Verb

To destroy; ruin; lose.

Origin

From Middle English forspillen, from Old English forspillan, forspildan, from Proto-West Germanic *furispilþijan. Equivalent to for- + spill. Cognate with Old High German farspildan, Dutch verspillen ("to waste").

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