To spare one's self. (a) To act with reserve. [Obs.]

Her thought that a lady should her spare.

Chaucer.

(b) To save one's self labor, punishment, or blame.

Spare (?), v. i. 1. To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally;

to be parsimonious.

I, who at some times spend, at others spare, Divided between

carelessness and care.

Pope.

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