v. t. To spend; to squander. See Dispend. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Some noble men in Spain can despend £50, 000. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OF. despendre, L. dispendere to weigh out, dispense; dis- + pendere to weigh. See Pension, Spend, and cf. Dispense. ] To spend; to lay out; to expend. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Able to dispend yearly twenty pounds and above. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who dispends or expends; a steward. [ Obs. ] Wyclif (1 Cor. iv. 1). [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. One who misspends. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. Outlay; expenditure. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
A mere outspend of savageness. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Suspended by one's self or by itself; balanced. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Spend thou that in the town. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? Isa. lv. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
I . . . am never loath
To spend my judgment. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]
We spend our years as a tale that is told. Ps. xc. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]
Their bodies spent with long labor and thirst. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
He spends as a person who knows that he must come to a reckoning. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
The sound spendeth and is dissipated in the open air. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
The vines that they use for wine are so often cut, that their sap spendeth into the grapes. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of expending; expenditure. [ 1913 Webster ]
Spending money,
n. One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]
A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. Mrs. R. H. Davis. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Spendthrift; prodigal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Suspend your indignation against my brother. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The guard nor fights nor fies; their fate so near
At once suspends their courage and their fear. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]
Good men should not be suspended from the exercise of their ministry and deprived of their livelihood for ceremonies which are on all hands acknowledged indifferent. Bp. Sanderson. [ 1913 Webster ]
To suspend payment (Com.),
v. i. To cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements (said of a commercial firm or a bank). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To spend less than. [ 1913 Webster ]