forspill

== 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.