Dispend

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dispend \Dis*pend"\, v. t. [OF. despendre, L. dispendere to
     weigh out, dispense; dis- + pendere to weigh. See {Pension},
     {Spend}, and cf. {Dispense}.]
     To spend; to lay out; to expend. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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           Able to dispend yearly twenty pounds and above.
                                                    --Fuller.
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