Verb

(profligat)

(obsolete) To drive away; to overcome.

* 1840 , Alexander Walker, Woman Physiologically Considered as to Mind, Morals, Marriage, Matrimonial Slavery, Infidelity and Divorce , page 157:

Such a stipulation would remove one powerful temptation to profligate pennyless seducers, of whom there are too many prowling in the higher circles ;

Verb

To pay out (money).

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To bestow; to employ; often with on'' or ''upon .

* (George Herbert) (1593-1633)

Iam never loath / To spend my judgment.

(label) To squander.

To exhaust, to wear out.

* (Richard Knolles) (1545-1610)

their bodies spent with long labour and thirst

To consume, to use up (time).

* 1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant

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To have an orgasm; to ejaculate sexually.

(label) To waste or wear away; to be consumed.

* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

The sound spendeth and is dissipated in the open air.

To be diffused; to spread.

* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

The vines that they use for wine are so often cut, that their sap spendeth into the grapes.

(label) To break ground; to continue working.