Dis*pend" (?), v. t. [OF. despendre, L. dispendere to weigh out, dispense; dis- + pendere to weigh. See Pension, Spend, and cf. Dispense.]
To spend; to lay out; to expend.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Able to dispend yearly twenty pounds and above.
Fuller.
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