The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forspent \For*spent"\, a. [AS. forspendan to consume; pref. for- + spendan to spend.] Wasted in strength; tired; exhausted. [Archaic]
A gentleman almost forspent with speed.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
a. (context archaic poetic English) exhausted
Usage examples of "forspent".
Weary leagues I tracked him till my steed was clean forspent And fell beneath me.
Nevertheless when the sea was stirred by violent blasts which were just rising from the rivers about evening, forspent with toil, they ceased.
As soon as they halted, he had sunk down, sitting on a lava-boulder, forspent, his head hanging.
O thou Vengeful Power, I am forspent, if merit there can be In self accusing, in this darkest hour O hear me, and I pray thee pity me, For I have sinned, O fool, unwise and blind!
An ever-recurring hiccup often the night and day through, forcing on continual spasms in sinews and limbs, would break men quite, forwearying those forspent before.
The sorrowful planter too of the exhausted and shrivelled vine impeaches the march of time and wearies heaven, and comprehends not that all things are gradually wasting away and passing to the grave, quite forspent by age and length of days.