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(spent)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

spend

adjective

tired out; physically exhausted; without energy
used up; worn out; without power
exhausted of sperm or spawn

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verb

Past tense and past participle of spend.

adjective

Used up; consumed: a spent youth.
Having come to an end; passed: a spent era of opulence.
Depleted of energy, force, or strength; exhausted: At the end of the hot day the spent workers slept under a shady tree.
Nautical Of or relating to a vessel at the end of a voyage, with fuel, stores, and water consumed and cargo discharged.

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