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Definition of Expending
Expending Expend Ex*pend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expended; p. pr. & vb.
n. Expending.] [L. expendere, expensum, to weigh out, pay
out, lay out, lay out; ex out + pendere to weigh. See
Poise, and cf. Spend.]
To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use;
to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations;
to spend; as, they expend money for food or in charity; to
expend time labor, and thought; to expend hay in feeding
cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations.
If my death might make this island happy . . . I would
expend it with all willingness. --Shak.
