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despended

despended is the simple past and past participle of despend.

Meaning of despend

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...

Questions about despended

What is despended the simple past and past participle of?
Despended is the simple past and past participle of despend.

Words near despended in the dictionary

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

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