SPEND

spend. Spend, v.t. spent, pret. spent, pa. to expend, consume, waste, pass, fatigue

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Spend (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spent (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Spending.] [[AS. spendan (in comp.), fr. L. expendere or dispendere to weigh out, to expend, dispense. See Pendant, and cf. Dispend, Expend, Spence, Spencer.]] 1. 1. To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.
Spend thou that in the town. Shak. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? Isa. lv. 2. 2. 2. To bestow; to employ; — often with on or upon.
I . . . am never loath To spend my judgment. Herbert. 3. 3. To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices.
4. 4. To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad.
We spend our years as a tale that is told. Ps. xc. 9. 5. 5. To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent.
Their bodies spent with long labor and thirst. Knolles.