Spend (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spent (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Spending.] [AS. spendan (in comp.), fr. L. expendere or dispendere to weigh out, to expend, dispense. See Pendant, and cf. Dispend, Expend, Spence, Spencer.] 1. To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.
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Spend thou that in the town. Shak.
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Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? Isa. lv. 2.
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2. To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon.
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I . . . am never loath
To spend my judgment. Herbert.
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3. To consume; to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other vices.
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4. To pass, as time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad.
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We spend our years as a tale that is told. Ps. xc. 9.
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5. To exhaust of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was spent.
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Their bodies spent with long labor and thirst. Knolles.
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