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Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary is based on the world’s largest collection of information about the way the English language is written and spoken in our time—a citation file of over 14½ million examples of English words drawn from actual use, more than 1 million collected since the last edition. The volume also includes: well-drafted Definitions and Pronunciations, Extensive...

spared; spar•ing [Middle English, from Old English sparian; akin to Old High German sparōn to spare, Old English sp+r, adjective, scant] (before 12th century) transitive verb 1 : to forbear to destroy, punish, or harm 2 : to refrain from attacking or reprimanding with necessary or salutary severity 3 : to relieve of the necessity of doing or undergoing something 〈spare yourself the trouble〉 4 : to refrain from : AVOID 〈spared no expense〉 5 : to use or dispense frugally — used chiefly in the negative
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