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- verb transitive To
destroy ;ruin ;lose .
Etymologies
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From Middle English forspillen, from Old English forspillan, forspildan ("to waste, lose, disperse, bring to nothing, destroy, ruin, kill"), equivalent to for- + spill. Cognate with Old High German farspildan ("to waste").
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