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vended

vended is the simple past and past participle of vend.

Meaning of vend

Verb

vend (third-person singular simple present vends, present participle vending, simple past and past participle vended)

  1. Synonym of sell, (now especially) to sell through a vending machine.
    • As there was a small establishment that vended tea and toast just across the road, it was reasonable that Partridge should officiate therein as Limpet's host, and so easily adjusted to necessity are the economics of a simple life, that two pots of tea, two plates of toast, tobacco, and one subject...1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 151
    Synonyms:
    sell
  2. (transitive, uncommon) To provide or export functionality, especially from an API.
    • As you've seen, vending FO documents is pretty straightforward from WebObjects. It is just like vending HTML, XHTML, or SVG.2002, Ravi Mendis, WebObjects Developer's Guide, Sams Publishing, →ISBN, page 289

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Questions about vended

What is vended the simple past and past participle of?
Vended is the simple past and past participle of vend.

Words near vended in the dictionary

  1. vendaval
  2. vendavals
  3. vendavel
  4. vendavels
  5. Vendean
  6. vended
  7. vendee
  8. vendees
  9. vender
  10. Vendergood
  11. venders

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