Verb
(third-person singular simple present forspans, present participle forspanning, simple past and past participle forspanned)
Origin
From Middle English forspannen, forspanen, from Old English forspanan (“to mislead, lead astray, seduce, entice”), from Proto-Germanic *farspananą, *fraspananą (“to allure”), equivalent to for- + span. Cognate with Middle High German verspanen (“to tempt, entice”).
Origin
From fore- + span.
