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despends

despends is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 despends

What is despends the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Despends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of despend.

Words near despends in the dictionary

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

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