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dispending

dispending is the present participle and gerund of dispend.

Meaning of dispend

Verb

dispend (third-person singular simple present dispends, present participle dispending, simple past and past participle dispended or dispent)

  1. (obsolete) To spend or expend.
    • Those Roman knights were so called, if they could dispend per annum so much.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
  2. (obsolete) To waste or squander.
  3. (obsolete) To distribute or dispense.

Questions about dispending

What is dispending the present participle and gerund of?
Dispending is the present participle and gerund of dispend.

Words near dispending in the dictionary

  1. dispencing
  2. dispend
  3. dispended
  4. dispender
  5. dispenders
  6. dispending
  7. dispendious
  8. dispends
  9. dispensabilities
  10. dispensability
  11. dispensable

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