Usually means: To exhaust by excessive labor.
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▸ verb:  (transitive, archaic poetic or obsolete) To exhaust by labour; overwork.

Similar:
swink, fortravel, forwork, toswink, beswink, forswing, wapper, forspan, work into the ground, toil, more...

Opposite:
refreshed, rejuvenated, energized

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Similar:
swink, fortravel, forwork, toswink, beswink, forswing, wapper, forspan, work into the ground, toil, more...

Opposite:
refreshed, rejuvenated, energized



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