Hypertext Webster Gateway: "expend"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Expend \Ex*pend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expended}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Expending}.] [L. expendere, expensum, to weigh out, pay
out, lay out, lay out; ex out + pendere to weigh. See
{Poise}, and cf. {Spend}.]
To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use;
to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations;
to spend; as, they expend money for food or in charity; to
expend time labor, and thought; to expend hay in feeding
cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations.
If my death might make this island happy . . . I would
expend it with all willingness. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Expend \Ex*pend"\, v. i.
1. To be laid out, used, or consumed.
2. To pay out or disburse money.
They go elsewhere to enjoy and to expend. --Macaulay
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From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
expend
v 1: use up, consume fully; " The legislature expended its time
on school questions." [syn: {use}]
2: pay out; "spend money" [syn: {spend}, {drop}]
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