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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1512
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Super-expendit, ppl. adj. [Superexpend v.] Having spent beyond one's means; bankrupt. Also in fig. context, of an impotent man. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 199/23.
Sum bydand the law layis land in wed, Sum super expendit [M. superspendit] gois to his bed —fig. c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 397 (M).
I spittit quhen I saw him That super expendit [C. super spendit] ewill spreit spulȝeit of all vertew
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