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To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to
spend money for clothing. |
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To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon. |
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To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to
spend an estate in gaming or other vices. |
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To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a
day idly; to spend winter abroad. |
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To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away;
as, the violence of the waves was spent. |
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To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use,
waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely. |
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To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or
strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it. |
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To be diffused; to spread. |
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To break ground; to continue working. |