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† diˈspender Obs.
Also 4–5 des-, dispendour.
[ME. a. OF. despendour agent-n. from despendre: see prec.]
One that expends; a dispenser; an almoner; a steward; = dispensator.
1340Ayenb. 190 He..het his desspendoure þet he him yeaue uyftene pond of gold. Þe spendere..ne yeaf bote uyf. 1382Wyclif Tit. i. 7 It bihoueth a bischop for to be withoute crime, as dispendour of God. 1382― 1 Pet. iv. 10 As goode dispenderes of the..grace of God. c1386Chaucer Melib. ⁋687 The gretter richesses that a man hath, the mo despendours he hath. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iii. xvii. (1869) 144 Thilke is executrice, and dispendere of the residue of the testat. 1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 114 Marye..that arte..moste ware dyspender..fede the hungry wyth thy benygne prouydence. 1611Florio, Dispensatore..also a dispender. |