Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Spent \Spent\ (sp[e^]nt), a.
1. Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force.
Now thou seest me Spent, overpowered, despairing of
success. --Addison.
Heaps of spent arrows fall and strew the ground.
--Dryden.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Exhausted of spawn or sperm; -- said especially
of fishes.
{Spent ball}, a ball shot from a firearm, which reaches an
object without having sufficient force to penetrate it.
Spend \Spend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spent}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Spending}.] [AS. spendan (in comp.), fr. L. expendere or
dispendere to weigh out, to expend, dispense. See {Pendant},
and cf. {Dispend}, {Expend}, {Spence}, {Spencer}.]
1. To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to
spend money for clothing.
Spend thou that in the town. --Shak.
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not
bread? --Isa. lv. 2.
Source : WordNet®
spent
adj 1: drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired;
completely exhausted; "the day's shopping left her
exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged
and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs";
"felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses
and cattle"; "you look worn out" [syn: {exhausted}, {dog-tired},
{fagged}, {fatigued}, {played out}, {washed-out}, {worn-out(a)},
{worn out(p)}]
2: having all been spent; "the money is all gone" [syn: {gone},
{expended}]
spend
v 1: pass (time) in a specific way; "How are you spending your
summer vacation?" [syn: {pass}]
2: pay out; "spend money" [syn: {expend}, {drop}]
3: spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"
[also: {spent}]
spent
See {spend}