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.
Ex*pend", v. i. 1.
To be laid out, used, or consumed.
2. To pay out or disburse money.
They go elsewhere to enjoy and to
expend.
Macaulay.
