dispend
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of dispend
1250–1300; Middle English dispenden < Anglo-French, Old French despendre < Latin dispendere to weigh out; see dispense
Example Sentences
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But feed on scraps and chitlings bought Beside St. Marcel's, and dispend Their gains for wassail, then, straight wend Once more to work, not grumblingly.
From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
Oh, yes, yes; Had women navigable rivers in their eyes, They would dispend them all.
From The White Devil by John Webster
But, God working with thee, thou shalt lay hold on such spiritual abundance that, if thou keep it in safety and ever rightfully desire more, thou shalt never wish to dispend any part of it.
From Barlaam and Ioasaph by Saint John of Damascus
This, sir? a poor elder brother of mine, sir, a yeoman, may dispend some seven or eight hundred a year; that's his son, my nephew, there.
From Every Man out of His Humour by Ben Jonson
This emperor may dispend as much as he will without estimation; for he not dispendeth ne maketh no money but of leather imprinted or of paper.
From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Sir John Mandeville
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