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Webster 1913 Edition


Expend

Ex-pend′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Expended
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Expending
.]
[L.
expendere
,
expensum
, to weigh out, pay out, lay out, lay out;
ex
out +
pendere
to weigh. See
Poise
, and cf.
Spend
.]
To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend;
as, they
expend
money for food or in charity; to
expend
time labor, and thought; to
expend
hay in feeding cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations.
If my death might make this island happy . . .
I would
expend
it with all willingness.
Shakespeare

Ex-pend′

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To be laid out, used, or consumed.
2.
To pay out or disburse money.
They go elsewhere to enjoy and to
expend
.
Macaulay
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Expend

EXPEND'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. expendo; ex and pendo, to weigh, from L. dispendo.]
1.
To lay out; to disburse; to spend; to deliver or distribute, either in payment or in donations. We expend money for food, drink and clothing. We expend a little in charity, and a great deal in idle amusements.
2.
To lay out; to use; to employ; to consume; as, to expend time and labor. I hope the time, labor and money expended on this book will not be wholly misemployed.
3.
To use and consume; as, to expend hay in feeding cattle.
4.
To consume; to dissipate; to waste; as, the oil of a lamp is expended to burning; water is expended in mechanical operations.

EXPEND'

,
Verb.
I.
To be laid out, used or consumed.

Definition 2024


expend

expend

English

Verb

expend (third-person singular simple present expends, present participle expending, simple past and past participle expended)

  1. (transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource)
    • c. 1590, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI Part 2, act 3, scene 1:
      If my death might make this island happy []
      I would expend it with all willingness.
  2. (transitive, rare, of money) to spend, disburse

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