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Current lover who seems suspiciously preoccupied?
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expending
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of spending money for goods or services [syn: expenditure ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Expend \Ex*pend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expended ; p. pr. & vb. n. Expending .] [L. expendere, expensum, to weigh out, pay out, lay out, lay out; ex out + pendere to weigh. See Poise , and cf. Spend .] To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of expend English)
Usage examples of expending.
The impression forced on our minds was that the leaf was expending superfluous movement, so that the great nocturnal rise might not occur at too early an hour.
Thereby he ingests the life-force of the woman without expending any of his own.