expent
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably influenced by spend→spent.
Verb
[edit]expent
- (nonstandard) simple past 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.
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- Y'know, during the Las Vegas shooting Stephen Paddock supposedly expent over 3000 rounds of ammunition over the course of ten minutes from 27 AR-15's with bump stocks.