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despend

despend verb: to spend; to squander.

Verb

despend (third-person singular simple present despends, present participle despending, simple past and past participle despended)

  1. (obsolete) To spend; to squander.
    • Some noble men in Spain can despend 50000 l. ſome Forty, ſfome Thirty, and divers twenty thouſand Pounds per annum.1655, James Howell, “to the Lord Viscount Colcheſter”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley...

Forms of despend

third-person singular presentdespends
present participledespending
past participledespended
pastdespended
alternative formdispend

Questions about despend

What does despend mean?
Despend means to spend; to squander.
What part of speech is despend?
Despend is a verb.
What is the past tense of despend?
The past tense of despend is despended.

Words near despend in the dictionary

  1. despedida party
  2. despedidas
  3. despeed
  4. despeeding
  5. despeeds
  6. despend
  7. despended
  8. despending
  9. despends
  10. Desper
  11. desperacies

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