5. To discharge; to shoot. [Obs.]

Then he another and another [shaft] did expel.

Spenser..

Syn. -- To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See Banish.

Ex*pel"la*ble (?), a. Capable of being expelled or driven out. "Expellable by heat." Kirwan.

Ex*pel"ler (?), n. One who, or that which, expels.

Ex*pend" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expended; p. pr. & vb. n. Expending.] [L. expendere, expensum, to weigh out, pay out, lay out, lay out; ex out + pendere to weigh. See Poise, and cf. Spend.] To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend money for food or in charity; to expend time labor, and thought; to expend hay in feeding cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations.

If my death might make this island happy . . .

I would expend it with all willingness.

Shak.

Ex*pend", v. i. 1. To be laid out, used, or consumed.

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