[spend] vb spent ; spend.ing [ME, fr. OE & OF; OE spendan, fr. L expendere to expend; OF despendre, fr. L dispendere to weigh out--more at dispense] vt (13c) 1: to use up or pay out: expend
2. a: exhaust, wear out "the hurricane gradually spent itself" b: to consume wastefully: squander "the waters are not ours to ~ --J. R. Ellis"
3: to cause or permit to elapse: pass "~ the night"
4: give up, sacrifice ~ vi 1: to expend or waste wealth or strength
2: to become expended or consumed
3: to have an orgasm -- spend.able adj -- spend.er n