"dispend" meaning in English

See dispend in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: dispends [present, singular, third-person], dispending [participle, present], dispended [participle, past], dispended [past], dispent [participle, past], dispent [past]
Etymology: From Old French despendre ( > French dépendre), from Latin dispendere. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|despendre}} Old French despendre, {{m|fr|dépendre}} dépendre, {{uder|en|la|dispendere}} Latin dispendere Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=dispent}} dispend (third-person singular simple present dispends, present participle dispending, simple past and past participle dispended or dispent)
  1. (obsolete) To spend or expend. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-dispend-en-verb-MN7qoypk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 6 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 83 6 11 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 69 13 18
  2. (obsolete) To waste or squander. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-dispend-en-verb-B64oAkvY
  3. (obsolete) To distribute or dispense. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-dispend-en-verb-bARk7QLA

Inflected forms

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