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despend (third-person singular simple present despends, present participle despending, simple past and past participle despended)
- (obsolete) To spend; to squander.
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, , →OCLC:Some noble men in Spain can despend 50000 l. ſome Forty, ſfome Thirty, and divers twenty thouſand Pounds per annum.
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