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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Expend, v. [ME. (c 1440), L. expendere.] tr. a. To use up, exhaust. b. To spend. c. To weigh mentally. — c1420 Wynt. iv. 120 (W).
Now the ferd eild heire endis, The quhilk of ȝeris full expendis … Foure hundreth and thre ȝere a1500 Bernardus 92.
For glutony prouokys thé tyl expende And vast thi gudis 1562-3 Winȝet I. 65/8.
Expending the mater sua, and considering siklyke quhat perrel it is [etc.]
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