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.
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.
Hear it pronounced