Spend (?), v. i. 1. To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely.
He spends as a person who knows that he must come to a reckoning. South.
2. To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it.
The sound spendeth and is dissipated in the open air. Bacon.
3. To be diffused; to spread.
The vines that they use for wine are so often cut, that their sap spendeth into the grapes. Bacon.
4. (Mining) To break ground; to continue working.