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Expend

//ɪkˈspɛnd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To consume, exhaust (some resource). transitive

    "If my death might make this island happy […] I would expend it with all willingness."

  2. 2
    use up (resources or materials) wordnet
  3. 3
    pay out wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expendō (“I weigh; I pay out”). Doublet of spend.

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