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Forwaste

Forwaste \For*waste"\, v. t. [Pref. for- + waste.] To desolate or lay waste utterly. [Obs.]
--Spenser.

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forwaste

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

Usage examples of "forwaste".

HIgh time now gan it wex for Vna faire,To thinke of those her captiue Parents deare,And their forwasted kingdome to repaire:Whereto whenas they now approched neare,With hartie words her knight she gan to cheare,And in her modest manner thus bespake.