dispend verb trans. [dɪ'spɛnd] Pa. t. & pple dispended, dispent [dɪ'spɛnt]. ME.
[Old French despendre expend from Latin dispendere weigh out, pay out, formed as DIS- 1 + pendere weigh.]
1. Pay out (money), expend (resources etc.). Now rare or obsolete. ME.

2. Employ, consume, or occupy (time). ME-L16.

3. Waste, squander. ME-L15.

4. Distribute, dispense, esp. in charity to the poor. ME-M17.

5. Bring to an end; exhaust, use up. Usu. in pass. LME-E16.

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