To spend (time, speech, labour) fruitlessly or unprofitably; to waste. Obsolete.
| 单词 | θ90306 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail to [verb (transitive)] > expend (effort, time, or speech) in vain (5) spilla1225 To spend (time, speech, labour) fruitlessly or unprofitably; to waste. Obsolete. tinec1330 To spend in vain or to no purpose, to waste: = lose, v.1 6. waste1340 In unfavourable sense: To spend, consume, employ uselessly or without adequate result. (Now the most… To employ, put forth (energy, effort… forwaste1563 transitive. = waste, v. in various senses; to lay waste; to use up, exhaust; to render emaciated or feeble; to spend wastefully. Subcategories:— bestow on unappreciative recipients (1) |
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