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Webster 1913 Edition

Spend

Spend

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Spent
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Spending
.]
[AS.
spendan
(in comp.), fr. L.
expendere
or
dispendere
to weigh out, to expend, dispense. See
Pendant
, and cf.
Dispend
,
Expend
,
Spence
,
Spencer
.]
1.
To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with;
as, to
spend
money for clothing
.
Spend
thou that in the town.
Shakespeare
Wherefore do ye
spend
money for that which is not bread?
Isa. lv. 2.
2.
To bestow; to employ; – often with on or upon.
I . . . am never loath
To
spend
my judgment.
Herbert.
3.
To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust;
as, to
spend
an estate in gaming or other vices
.
4.
To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away;
as, to
spend
a day idly; to
spend
winter abroad
.
We
spend
our years as a tale that is told.
Ps. xc. 9.
5.
To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away;
as, the violence of the waves was
spent
.
Their bodies
spent
with long labor and thirst.
Knolles.

Spend

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything;
as, he who gets easily
spends
freely
.
He
spends
as a person who knows that he must come to a reckoning.
South.
2.
To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish;
as, energy
spends
in the using of it
.
The sound
spendeth
and is dissipated in the open air.
Bacon.
3.
To be diffused; to spread.
The vines that they use for wine are so often cut, that their sap
spendeth
into the grapes.
Bacon.
4.
(Mining)
To break ground; to continue working.

Webster 1828 Edition

Spend

SPEND

,
Verb.
T.
pret. and pp. spent. [L. expendo; from the root of L. pando, pendeo, the primary sense of which is to strain, to open or spread; allied to span, pane, &c.]
1.
To lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing. Why do ye spend money for that which is not bread? Is. 55.
2.
To consume; to waste; to squander; as to spend an estate in gaming or other vices.
3.
To consume; to exhaust. The provisions were spent, and the troops were in want.
4.
To bestow for any purpose; often with on or upon. It is folly to spend words in debate on trifles.
5.
To effuse. [Little used.]
6.
To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away. They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. Job. 13.
7.
To lay out; to exert or to waste; to wear away; as, to spend one's strength.
8.
To exhaust of force; to waste; to wear away; as, a ball had spend its force. The violence of the waves was spent. Heaps of spent arrows fall and strew the ground.
9.
To exhaust of strength; to harass; to fatigue. Their bodies spent with long labor and thirst-

SPEND

, v.i.
1.
To make expense; to make disposition of money. He spends like a prudent man.
2.
To be lost or wasted; to vanish; to be dissipated. The sound spendeth and is dissipated in the open air.
3.
To prove in the use. -Butter spent as if it cam from the richer soil.
4.
To be consumed. Candles spend fast in a current of air Our provision spend rapidly.
5.
To be employed to any use. The vines they use for wine are so often cut, that their sap spendeth into the grapes. [Unusual.]

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