3. To desist; to stop; to refrain. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Spare, a. [Compar. Sparer (?); superl. Sparest; -- not used in all the

senses of the word.] [AS. spær sparing. Cf. Spare, v. t. ] 1. Scanty;

not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.