Dispend

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To spend or expend. obsolete

    "Those Roman knights were so called, if they could dispend per annum so much."

  2. 2
    To waste or squander. obsolete
  3. 3
    To distribute or dispense. obsolete

Synonyms

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distribute

Example

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"Those Roman knights were so called, if they could dispend per annum so much."

Etymology

From Old French despendre ( > French dépendre), from Latin dispendere.

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