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† mis-ˈspense, -ˈence Obs. Also misp-. [f. mis-1 4.] Improper or wasteful expenditure.
1591Garrard's Art Warre 61 Mispence of munition. 1597Beard Theatre God's Judgem. (1612) 427 The losse of time and mispence of goods. 1627Bp. Hall Epist. ii. x. 309 If your negligence, your riotous mis-spence, had empaired your estate. a1677Barrow Serm. Wks. 1687 I. 395 A wilful mispense of our time. a1788in Croft Let. to Pitt on Johnson's Dict. (1788) 40 The misspence of every minute is a new record against us in heaven. |