dispend

[ dih-spend ]

verb (used with object)Obsolete.

to pay out; expend; spend.

Origin of dispend

1250–1300; Middle English dispenden<Anglo-French, Old French despendre<Latin dispendere to weigh out; see dispense

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How to use dispend in a sentence

And he that might dispend fiftie pounds, should furnish two men at arms.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (11 of 12) | Raphael Holinshed
And he that might dispend fiue and twentie pounds, should furnish himselfe or find a man at armes.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (11 of 12) | Raphael Holinshed
Morouer that none should weare any rich clothes or furres, except they might dispend an hundred pounds by yeare.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (11 of 12) | Raphael Holinshed
He also tooke order that euerie man that might dispend yéerlie fiftéene pounds in lands should be made knight.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (8 of 12) | Raphael Holinshed
Hempstead, Essex, for discharging the Tax of the poor who may not have to dispend yearly above 40s.
Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England | Edward L. Cutts

British Dictionary definitions for dispend

dispend

/ (dɪˈspɛnd) /

verb

(tr) obsolete to spend

Origin of dispend

C14: from Old French despendre, from Latin dispendere to distribute; see dispense

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