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respend

respend verb: to spend something again.

Verb

respend (third-person singular simple present respends, present participle respending, simple past and past participle respent)

  1. To spend something again
    • Local businesses are more likely to respend their profits in the community.

Forms of respend

third-person singular presentrespends
present participlerespending
past participlerespent
pastrespent

Origin of respend

From re- + spend.

Questions about respend

What does respend mean?
Respend means to spend something again.
What part of speech is respend?
Respend is a verb.
What is the past tense of respend?
The past tense of respend is respent.

Words near respend in the dictionary

  1. respellers
  2. respelling
  3. respellings
  4. respells
  5. respelt
  6. respend
  7. respending
  8. respends
  9. respent
  10. resperse
  11. respersed

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