† dispendv.

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s des-, dys-. past tense and participle dispended, dispent.

Etymology: Middle English des- , dispend-en , < Old French despend-re (modern French dépendre ) = Provençal despendre , Spanish despender , Italian dispendere < late Latin dispendĕre to weigh out, pay out, dispense, < dis- prefix 1a + pendĕre to weigh. Compare expend v., spend v.¹

Obsolete or archaic.

1. transitive. To pay away, expend, spend:

a. money, wealth.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (transitive)]

aspendc885

doOE

spendc1175

spenec1175

dispendc1330

bewarec1374

bestow1377

suckc1380

unpursea1393

warea1417

stowc1440

to lay outc1449

spone1456

expend1477

expend1484

impendc1486

ware?a1513

deburse?1529

disburse1530

defray1543

unburse1570

outlay1573

to lay forth1584

sweat1592

vent1612

dispursea1616

exhaust1616

to set forth1622

waste1639

depursea1648

fence1699

douse1759

shut1797

shift1923

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 290 Þe kyng sent..For bisshoppes..& oþer þat þei found, Þat ilk ȝere mot dispende of londes twenty pound.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 63 For holicherches good moot been despended On holicherches blood þ^t is descended.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xxxvii. f. xlv/1 She had dyspended alle her hauour to leches for to recouure her syghte.

1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor ii. i. sig. Eiv^v A poore elder brother of mine sir, a yeoman, may dispend some seuen or eight hundred a yeere.

1642 Declar. Lords & Com. 20 June 6 Those summes shall be dispended as the former have been.

c1680 E. Hickeringill Hist. Whiggism in Wks. (1716) I. 28 All [the money] was dispended.

absolute.1340 Ayenbite (1866) 53 Ich wylle þet þou ete and drinke and..despendi.1629 J. Gaule Distractions 348 When he must needs despend, he..kisses euery Peece he parts from.

b. other things.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > use for specific purpose > specifically an immaterial thing

beteec1175

spenec1200

beseta1240

dispenda1400

spenda1400

expendc1440

incline?a1475

expone1527

adhibit?1538

depend1607

dispense?1624

lend1697

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13410 Þe god drinc suld þou first despend.

14.. T. Hoccleve Compl. Virgin 244 And hath his blood despent in greet foysoun.

1411 Rolls of Parl. III. 650/2 Schal do brynge..two fatte Oxen..to be dispended on a dyner.

1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias xlii. 98 a They were the bolder to dispend amongst them their shot, with the which there were many very sore hurt.

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lxix. sig. V2 Euery Man will bee busie in dispending that qualitie, which is predominant in him.

a1745 J. Swift Wks. (1841) II. 69 They insist, that the army dispend as many oaths yearly as will produce £100,000 nett.

1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea III. xvii. 370 That string of French batteries on the crest of Mount Rodolph..has been likened to a solitary and isolated bastion dispending its strength.

c. to dispend land: to have an income from land, to possess land.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > owning > belong [verb (intransitive)] > own land

to dispend land1523

1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xii. f. 22^v In some case he shall dispende & haue more landes.

1613 H. Finch Law (1636) 405 Where that clause needs not, the Iurors must dispend some land of freehold out of ancient demesne within the Countie where the issue is to be tried.

2. To spend, consume, employ, occupy (time).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)]

overdoOE

adreeOE

wreaka1300

to draw forthc1300

dispend1340

pass1340

drivea1375

wastec1381

occupyc1384

overpassa1387

to pass over ——a1393

usec1400

spend1423

contrive?a1475

overdrive1487

consumea1500

to pass forth1509

to drive off1517

lead1523

to ride out1529

to wear out, forth1530

to pass away?1550

to put offc1550

shiftc1562

to tire out1563

wear1567

to drive out1570

entertainc1570

expire1589

tire1589

outwear1590

to see out1590

outrun1592

outgo1595

overshoot1597

to pass out1603

fleeta1616

elapse1654

term1654

trickle1657

to put over1679

absorb1686

spin1696

exercise1711

kill1728

to get through ——1748

to get over ——1751

tickc1870

fill1875

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2435 Thou here dispended thi tym wrang.

c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 320 How she in vertu myghte hir lyf dispende [Harl. erron. despent].

c1422 T. Hoccleve Learn to Die 239 My dayes I despente in vanitee.

a1576 Lady Abergavenny Praiers in T. Bentley et al. Monument of Matrones (1582) ii. 122 The time of my life euill dispent.

1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias lxix. 142 b That vpon them the Caruells might dispend their times.

3. passive. To be brought to an end or finished up; to be exhausted or spent; to come to an end.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > be non-existent [verb (intransitive)] > end or cease to exist

tirec725

endOE

forfareOE

goc1175

fleec1200

to wend awayc1225

diea1240

to-melta1240

to pass awaya1325

flit1340

perishc1350

vanisha1375

decorre1377

cease1382

dispend1393

failc1400

overshakec1425

surcease1439

adrawc1450

fall1523

decease1538

define1562

fleet1576

expire1595

evanish1597

extinguish1599

extirp1606

disappear1623

evaporatea1631

trans-shift1648

annihilate1656

exolve1657

cancela1667

to pass off1699

to burn out, forth1832

spark1845

to die out1853

to come, go, etc. by the board1859

sputter1964

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > be at an end [verb (intransitive)] > come to an end, terminate, or expire

to run outeOE

endOE

stintc1275

slakea1300

overpassc1350

determinec1374

overruna1393

dispend1393

failc1399

missa1400

to wear out, forth1412

stanchc1420

to come outa1450

terminea1450

expire?c1450

finish1490

conclude1593

upclose1603

terminate1608

to shut up1609

to wind off1650

stop1733

to fall in1771

close1821

to blaze out1884

outgive1893

to play out1964

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > be insufficient [verb (intransitive)] > become scanty or scarce > run out

tirec725

failc1250

dispend1393

wanta1425

expirec1515

defect1587

to run out1685

to fall short1694

to spin out1720

to run short1850

to give out1861

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 5 Whan the prologe is so despended.

1452 Will of S. Fyncham in Blyth Fincham (1863) 154 Til hese issue male be dispended.

1470 J. Hardyng Chron. ix. i Anchises dyed and was dispent.

1520 Chron. Eng. i. f. 9/2 The vytayles were dispended and fayled.

4. To spend to no purpose; to waste, squander.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)]

forspendc893

scatter1154

dispend1303

waste1340

misspendc1390

miswastec1400

consumec1425

waste1474

profund1527

lasha1535

prodige1538

lavish1542

to play away1562

riot1566

embezzle1578

dilapidate1590

squander1593

confound1598

to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600

prodigalize1611

profuse1611

squander1611

paddle1616

bezzle1617

to run out of ——1622

to piss away1628

prodigal1628

decoct1629

to bangle (away)1632

debauch1632

deboise1632

to fribble away1633

to fool out1635

to run outa1640

to fiddle away1667

slattera1681

dissipate1682

to play off1693

duck-and-drake1700

liquidate1702

sparkle away1703

waster1821

befool1861

to frivol away1866

to play (at) duck and drake with1872

to fling away1873

mislive1887

slather1904

mucker1928

profligate1938

peter1956

spaff2002

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > mis-spend

misspenec1300

dispend1303

misspendc1390

misdispenda1393

bespend1567

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1198 A clerk that folylyche dyspendyth Þe godys þat hys fadyr hym ȝyveth.

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Phyllis. 2491 Me liste not..Despenden [v.r. dispenden] on hym a pennefull of ynke.

1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton B v b To thende that thou dyspende hyt not folysshly.

5. To distribute, dispense v. (esp. in early use, in charity to the poor).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)]

britteneOE

to-dealeOE

dealOE

britOE

setc1275

dispensec1374

dispendc1375

to-seta1387

dispone1429

disposec1430

sparple1435

demean1439

distributea1464

distribue1477

issuec1484

communy1530

to deal out1535

impart1545

disperse1555

retail1576

digest1578

deliver1626

to hand out1648

to dispose of1676

dispensate1701

dole1701

to give out1710

sling1860

to give away1889

to pass out1926

dish1934

c1375 Cato Major iii. x, in Anglia (1884) VII Freliche dispende, Þer neod is, euer among.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 112 If þis be ȝeuen or despendid to þe pore.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 275/1 To gyue to the poure peple and dispende it among the nedy.

1517 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 88 Dispendyd and dalt at my buryall..xls.

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island iii. vii. 30 The purple fountain..By thousand rivers through the Isle dispent.

1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xii. xlix. 225 When Sols Influence descends..And richer Showres, then fell on Danaes Lap, dispends.

a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1673) i. 210 To make them..profitable unto us, by charitable dispending them.

6. To dispense with, do without. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > do without or dispense with

forbearc900

forgoa1175

aspare1377

dispensec1420

missa1450

renouncec1480

sparea1525

afford?1560

free1561

egar1584

suspense1584

dispend1614

to dispense witha1616

waive1669

1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket ii. 61 If a present punishment be suspended, the future shall neuer be dispended with.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	dispend
释义	† dispendv. Forms: Also Middle English–1500s des-, dys-. past tense and participle dispended, dispent. Etymology: Middle English des- , dispend-en , < Old French despend-re (modern French dépendre ) = Provençal despendre , Spanish despender , Italian dispendere < late Latin dispendĕre to weigh out, pay out, dispense, < dis- prefix 1a + pendĕre to weigh. Compare expend v., spend v.¹ Obsolete or archaic. 1. transitive. To pay away, expend, spend: a. money, wealth. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (transitive)] aspendc885 doOE spendc1175 spenec1175 dispendc1330 bewarec1374 bestow1377 suckc1380 unpursea1393 warea1417 stowc1440 to lay outc1449 spone1456 expend1477 expend1484 impendc1486 ware?a1513 deburse?1529 disburse1530 defray1543 unburse1570 outlay1573 to lay forth1584 sweat1592 vent1612 dispursea1616 exhaust1616 to set forth1622 waste1639 depursea1648 fence1699 douse1759 shut1797 shift1923 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 290 Þe kyng sent..For bisshoppes..& oþer þat þei found, Þat ilk ȝere mot dispende of londes twenty pound. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 63 For holicherches good moot been despended On holicherches blood þ^t is descended. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xxxvii. f. xlv/1 She had dyspended alle her hauour to leches for to recouure her syghte. 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor ii. i. sig. Eiv^v A poore elder brother of mine sir, a yeoman, may dispend some seuen or eight hundred a yeere. View more context for this quotation 1642 Declar. Lords & Com. 20 June 6 Those summes shall be dispended as the former have been. c1680 E. Hickeringill Hist. Whiggism in Wks. (1716) I. 28 All [the money] was dispended. absolute.1340 Ayenbite (1866) 53 Ich wylle þet þou ete and drinke and..despendi.1629 J. Gaule Distractions 348 When he must needs despend, he..kisses euery Peece he parts from. b. other things. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > use for specific purpose > specifically an immaterial thing beteec1175 spenec1200 beseta1240 dispenda1400 spenda1400 expendc1440 incline?a1475 expone1527 adhibit?1538 depend1607 dispense?1624 lend1697 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13410 Þe god drinc suld þou first despend. 14.. T. Hoccleve Compl. Virgin 244 And hath his blood despent in greet foysoun. 1411 Rolls of Parl. III. 650/2 Schal do brynge..two fatte Oxen..to be dispended on a dyner. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias xlii. 98 a They were the bolder to dispend amongst them their shot, with the which there were many very sore hurt. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lxix. sig. V2 Euery Man will bee busie in dispending that qualitie, which is predominant in him. a1745 J. Swift Wks. (1841) II. 69 They insist, that the army dispend as many oaths yearly as will produce £100,000 nett. 1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea III. xvii. 370 That string of French batteries on the crest of Mount Rodolph..has been likened to a solitary and isolated bastion dispending its strength. c. to dispend land: to have an income from land, to possess land. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > owning > belong [verb (intransitive)] > own land to dispend land1523 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xii. f. 22^v In some case he shall dispende & haue more landes. 1613 H. Finch Law (1636) 405 Where that clause needs not, the Iurors must dispend some land of freehold out of ancient demesne within the Countie where the issue is to be tried. 2. To spend, consume, employ, occupy (time). ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] overdoOE adreeOE wreaka1300 to draw forthc1300 dispend1340 pass1340 drivea1375 wastec1381 occupyc1384 overpassa1387 to pass over ——a1393 usec1400 spend1423 contrive?a1475 overdrive1487 consumea1500 to pass forth1509 to drive off1517 lead1523 to ride out1529 to wear out, forth1530 to pass away?1550 to put offc1550 shiftc1562 to tire out1563 wear1567 to drive out1570 entertainc1570 expire1589 tire1589 outwear1590 to see out1590 outrun1592 outgo1595 overshoot1597 to pass out1603 fleeta1616 elapse1654 term1654 trickle1657 to put over1679 absorb1686 spin1696 exercise1711 kill1728 to get through ——1748 to get over ——1751 tickc1870 fill1875 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2435 Thou here dispended thi tym wrang. c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 320 How she in vertu myghte hir lyf dispende [Harl. erron. despent]. c1422 T. Hoccleve Learn to Die 239 My dayes I despente in vanitee. a1576 Lady Abergavenny Praiers in T. Bentley et al. Monument of Matrones (1582) ii. 122 The time of my life euill dispent. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias lxix. 142 b That vpon them the Caruells might dispend their times. 3. passive. To be brought to an end or finished up; to be exhausted or spent; to come to an end. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > be non-existent [verb (intransitive)] > end or cease to exist tirec725 endOE forfareOE goc1175 fleec1200 to wend awayc1225 diea1240 to-melta1240 to pass awaya1325 flit1340 perishc1350 vanisha1375 decorre1377 cease1382 dispend1393 failc1400 overshakec1425 surcease1439 adrawc1450 fall1523 decease1538 define1562 fleet1576 expire1595 evanish1597 extinguish1599 extirp1606 disappear1623 evaporatea1631 trans-shift1648 annihilate1656 exolve1657 cancela1667 to pass off1699 to burn out, forth1832 spark1845 to die out1853 to come, go, etc. by the board1859 sputter1964 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > be at an end [verb (intransitive)] > come to an end, terminate, or expire to run outeOE endOE stintc1275 slakea1300 overpassc1350 determinec1374 overruna1393 dispend1393 failc1399 missa1400 to wear out, forth1412 stanchc1420 to come outa1450 terminea1450 expire?c1450 finish1490 conclude1593 upclose1603 terminate1608 to shut up1609 to wind off1650 stop1733 to fall in1771 close1821 to blaze out1884 outgive1893 to play out1964 the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > be insufficient [verb (intransitive)] > become scanty or scarce > run out tirec725 failc1250 dispend1393 wanta1425 expirec1515 defect1587 to run out1685 to fall short1694 to spin out1720 to run short1850 to give out1861 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 5 Whan the prologe is so despended. 1452 Will of S. Fyncham in Blyth Fincham (1863) 154 Til hese issue male be dispended. 1470 J. Hardyng Chron. ix. i Anchises dyed and was dispent. 1520 Chron. Eng. i. f. 9/2 The vytayles were dispended and fayled. 4. To spend to no purpose; to waste, squander. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)] forspendc893 scatter1154 dispend1303 waste1340 misspendc1390 miswastec1400 consumec1425 waste1474 profund1527 lasha1535 prodige1538 lavish1542 to play away1562 riot1566 embezzle1578 dilapidate1590 squander1593 confound1598 to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600 prodigalize1611 profuse1611 squander1611 paddle1616 bezzle1617 to run out of ——1622 to piss away1628 prodigal1628 decoct1629 to bangle (away)1632 debauch1632 deboise1632 to fribble away1633 to fool out1635 to run outa1640 to fiddle away1667 slattera1681 dissipate1682 to play off1693 duck-and-drake1700 liquidate1702 sparkle away1703 waster1821 befool1861 to frivol away1866 to play (at) duck and drake with1872 to fling away1873 mislive1887 slather1904 mucker1928 profligate1938 peter1956 spaff2002 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > mis-spend misspenec1300 dispend1303 misspendc1390 misdispenda1393 bespend1567 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1198 A clerk that folylyche dyspendyth Þe godys þat hys fadyr hym ȝyveth. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Phyllis. 2491 Me liste not..Despenden [v.r. dispenden] on hym a pennefull of ynke. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton B v b To thende that thou dyspende hyt not folysshly. 5. To distribute, dispense v. (esp. in early use, in charity to the poor). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] britteneOE to-dealeOE dealOE britOE setc1275 dispensec1374 dispendc1375 to-seta1387 dispone1429 disposec1430 sparple1435 demean1439 distributea1464 distribue1477 issuec1484 communy1530 to deal out1535 impart1545 disperse1555 retail1576 digest1578 deliver1626 to hand out1648 to dispose of1676 dispensate1701 dole1701 to give out1710 sling1860 to give away1889 to pass out1926 dish1934 c1375 Cato Major iii. x, in Anglia (1884) VII Freliche dispende, Þer neod is, euer among. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 112 If þis be ȝeuen or despendid to þe pore. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 275/1 To gyue to the poure peple and dispende it among the nedy. 1517 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 88 Dispendyd and dalt at my buryall..xls. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island iii. vii. 30 The purple fountain..By thousand rivers through the Isle dispent. 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xii. xlix. 225 When Sols Influence descends..And richer Showres, then fell on Danaes Lap, dispends. a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1673) i. 210 To make them..profitable unto us, by charitable dispending them. 6. To dispense with, do without. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > do without or dispense with forbearc900 forgoa1175 aspare1377 dispensec1420 missa1450 renouncec1480 sparea1525 afford?1560 free1561 egar1584 suspense1584 dispend1614 to dispense witha1616 waive1669 1614 T. 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