expent

English

Etymology

Probably influenced by spend→spent.

Verb

expent

  1. (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.
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