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dispend

American  
[dih-spend] / dɪˈspɛnd /

verb (used with object)

Obsolete.

  1. to pay out; expend; spend.

dispend British  
/ dɪˈspɛnd /

verb

  1. obsolete (tr) to spend

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Etymology

Origin of dispend

1250–1300; Middle English dispenden < Anglo-French, Old French despendre < Latin dispendere to weigh out; dispense

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