Dis-pĕnd', v. t.

v. t. [Lat. dispendere, to weigh out, dispense, from prefix dis and pendere, to weigh; It. dispendere, spendere, Sp. & Pg. despender, O. Fr. & Pr. despendre.] To spend; to lay out; to expend. [Obs.] Spenser. Able to dispend yearly twenty pounds and above. Fuller.