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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
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.
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.
Definition 2024
expend
expend
English
Verb
expend (third-person singular simple present expends, present participle expending, simple past and past participle expended)
- (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.
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI Part 2, act 3, scene 1:
- (transitive, rare, of money) to spend, disburse
Translations
to consume resources