<i>Shak.</i>
<p><b>5.</b> <def>To discharge; to shoot.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>Then he another and another [shaft] did <b>expel</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>.
<syn>Syn. -- To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See <er>Banish</er>.</syn>
<h1>Expellable</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*pel"la*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being expelled or driven out. <i></def>"Expellable</i> by heat."
<i>Kirwan.</i>
<h1>Expeller</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*pel"ler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who. or that which, expels.</def>
<h1>Expend</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*pend"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Expended</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Expending</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>expendere</ets>, <ets>expensum</ets>, to weigh out, pay out, lay out, lay out; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>pendere</ets> to weigh. See <er>Poise</er>, and cf. <er>Spend</er>.]</ety> <def>To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; <as>as, they <ex>expend</ex> money for food or in charity; to <ex>expend</ex> time labor, and thought; to <ex>expend</ex> hay in feeding cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations.</as></def>
<blockquote>If my death might make this island happy . . . I would <b>expend</b> it with all willingness. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Expend</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*pend"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be laid out, used, or consumed.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To pay out or disburse money.</def>
<blockquote>They go elsewhere to enjoy and to <b>expend</b>. <i>Macaulay</i></blockquote>.
<h1>Expenitor</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*pen"i*tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A disburser; especially, one of the disbursers of taxes for the repair of sewers.</def>
<i>Mozley & W.</i>
<h1>Expenditure</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*pend"iture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement.</def>
<blockquote>our <b>expenditure</b> purchased commerce and conquest. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is expended or paid out; expense.</def>
<blockquote>The receipts and <b>expenditures</b> of this extensive country. <i>A. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Expense</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*pense"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>expensa</ets> (sc. <ets>pecunia</ets>), or <ets>expensum</ets>, fr. <ets>expensus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>expendere</ets>. See <er>Expend</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.</def>
<blockquote>Husband nature's riches from <b>expense</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; -- sometimes with the notion of <i>loss</i> or <i>damage</i> to those on whom the expense falls; as, the <i>expenses</i> of war; an <i>expense</i> of time</def>.
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