| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To spend; to lay out; to expend.[Websters] 2. Base verb from the following inflections: dispending, dispended, dispends, dispender, dispenders, dispendingly and dispendedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DISPEND" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Dispend \Dis*pend"\, transitive verb. [Old French expression despendre, from Latin expression dispendere to weigh out, dispense; dis- pendere to weigh. See Pension, Spend, and compare to Dispense.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DISPEND
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To spend; to lay out; to consume. [See Expend, which is generally used.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
