SPARE (2)

spare (2). Spare, v.t. to be frugal, save, omit, allow, forgive

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Spare (?), v. i. 1. 1. To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
I, who at some times spend, at others spare, Divided between carelessness and care. Pope. 2. 2. To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
He will not spare in the day of vengeance. Prov. vi. 34. 3. 3. To desist; to stop; to refrain. Chaucer.