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▪ I. † aˈspare, v. Obs. rare.
[f. a- prefix 1 + spare v., OE. sparian; cf. MHG. ersparn, mod.G. ersparen.]
To spare, afford.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 136 He was a nygarde þat no good myȝte aspare [v.r. spare, asspare]. 1393Ibid. C. xi. 84 He..helpeth herteliche alle men of þat he may aspare.
▪ II. † aspare, a. or adv. Obs. rare—1.
[f. spare, apparently on form-analogy of wake awake, live alive, or of ado, or aswim.]
To spare, at liberty.
1653Baxter Saint's Rest iv. vii. §1 Those that have more time aspare from worldly necessaries. |