dispend

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dispend - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dispend \Dis*pend"\, v. t. [OF. despendre, L. dispendere to
     weigh out, dispense; dis- + pendere to weigh. See Pension,
     Spend, and cf. Dispense.]
     To spend; to lay out; to expend. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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           Able to dispend yearly twenty pounds and above.
                                                    --Fuller.
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