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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Mispendverb

    preterite and part. passive mispent.

    Etymology: mis and spend.

    What a deal of cold business doth a man mispend the better part of life in? In scattering compliments, tendering visits, gathering and venting news. Ben Jonson, Discovery.

    First guilty conscience does the mirrour bring,
    Then sharp remorse shoots out her angry sting;
    And anxious thoughts, within themselves at strife,
    Upbraid the long mispent, luxurious life. Dryden.

    I this writer’s want of sense arraign,
    Treat all his empty pages with disdain,
    And think a grave reply mispent and vain. Richard Blackmore.

    He who has lived with the greatest care will find, upon a review of his time, that he has something to redeem; but he who has mispent much has still a greater concern. John Rogers.

    Wise men retrieve, as far as they are able, every mispent or unprofitable hour which has slipped from them. John Rogers.

    Now let the arched knife their thirsty limbs
    Dissever, for the genial moisture due
    To apples, otherwise mispends itself
    In barren twigs. Philips.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Mispendverb

    see Misspell, Misspend, etc

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mispend in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mispend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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