expent
English
Etymology
Probably influenced by spend→spent.
Verb
expent
- (nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of expend
- 1917, Board of Trade Journal:
- it expent in the operation and maintenance of [the library...]
- 1939, James Nelson Gowanloch, The Rearing of Fish in Ponds:
- Frequently the mineral composition or gas content may be injurious and money expent in pond construction wasted.
- 2012, R. Radharamanan, Robotics and Factories of the Future ’87: Proceedings of the Second International Conference San Diego, California, USA July 28–31, 1987, Springer Science & Business Media (→ISBN), page 274:
- Much time has to be expent in order to realize them.
- 1917, Board of Trade Journal: