† superspendv.

Forms: pre-1700 superspended (past participle), pre-1700 superspendit (past participle), pre-1700 superspent (past tense), pre-1700 1800s superspend.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, spend v.¹

Etymology: < super- prefix + spend v.¹ Compare earlier superexpend v.

Originally and chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.

a. transitive. In passive. to be superspended: = to be superexpended at superexpend v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > spend extravagantly [verb (transitive)] > surpass (budget, income, etc.) in spending

to be superexpended1473

superexpone1491

to be superspended?1507

surmount1570

outspend1655

?1507 [see superspended adj. at Derivatives].

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 39 Sum superspendit [1568 super expendit] gois to his bed.

1558 Extr. Rec. Burgh Peebles (1872) 251 To be ansuerit of..the rest of the taxt that he is superspendit.

b. transitive. To overspend or be in arrears by (an amount).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (transitive)] > spend more than (an amount)

outspend1586

overspend1667

superspend1672

1672 Stirling Common Good f. 80 I payed to Baillie Russall my predicessor that he superspent [£600 6 s. 4 d.

2. intransitive and transitive (reflexive). To overspend, bankrupt oneself. Also figurative.

ΚΠ

1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 94 The Knicht..wox sa wonder pure in hand, And alwayis superspendit.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 450 When their owne Irish Rent masters haue any voyage for Dublin, or peraduenture superspended at home in feasting of strangers.

1886 H. C. McKeown Life & Labours Most Rev. John Joseph Lynch xii. 110 He has given that divine grace to spend and superspend himself for the salvation of his brethren.

3. transitive. To exhaust (funds), spend completely.

ΚΠ

1642 in Trans. Dumfries & Galloway Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc. (1898) 13 114 Takeing to thair serious consideraun the decay of thair comon guid and that it is superspendit upon the comon effaires of this burgh.

Derivatives

superspended adj. overspent, bankrupt.

ΚΠ

?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 51 That superspendit euill spreit spvlȝeit of all vertu.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	superspend
释义	† superspendv. Forms: pre-1700 superspended (past participle), pre-1700 superspendit (past participle), pre-1700 superspent (past tense), pre-1700 1800s superspend. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, spend v.¹ Etymology: < super- prefix + spend v.¹ Compare earlier superexpend v. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. 1. a. transitive. In passive. to be superspended: = to be superexpended at superexpend v. 1. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > spend extravagantly [verb (transitive)] > surpass (budget, income, etc.) in spending to be superexpended1473 superexpone1491 to be superspended?1507 surmount1570 outspend1655 ?1507 [see superspended adj. at Derivatives]. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 39 Sum superspendit [1568 super expendit] gois to his bed. 1558 Extr. Rec. Burgh Peebles (1872) 251 To be ansuerit of..the rest of the taxt that he is superspendit. b. transitive. To overspend or be in arrears by (an amount). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (transitive)] > spend more than (an amount) outspend1586 overspend1667 superspend1672 1672 Stirling Common Good f. 80 I payed to Baillie Russall my predicessor that he superspent [£600 6 s. 4 d. 2. intransitive and transitive (reflexive). To overspend, bankrupt oneself. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 94 The Knicht..wox sa wonder pure in hand, And alwayis superspendit. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 450 When their owne Irish Rent masters haue any voyage for Dublin, or peraduenture superspended at home in feasting of strangers. 1886 H. C. McKeown Life & Labours Most Rev. John Joseph Lynch xii. 110 He has given that divine grace to spend and superspend himself for the salvation of his brethren. 3. transitive. To exhaust (funds), spend completely. ΚΠ 1642 in Trans. Dumfries & Galloway Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc. (1898) 13 114 Takeing to thair serious consideraun the decay of thair comon guid and that it is superspendit upon the comon effaires of this burgh. Derivatives superspended adj. overspent, bankrupt. ΚΠ ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 51 That superspendit euill spreit spvlȝeit of all vertu. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.?1507
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