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Webster 1913 Edition


Forwaste

For-waste′

,
Verb.
T.
[Pref.
for-
+
waste
.]
To desolate or lay waste utterly.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Forwaste

FORWA'STE

,
Verb.
T.
To waste; to desolate. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


forwaste

forwaste

English

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Verb

forwaste (third-person singular simple present forwastes, present participle forwasting, simple past and past participle forwasted)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To waste; waste completely; lay waste to; desolate.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To use up; exhaust; render emaciated or feeble; spend wastefully.