spare
spare [-d] v
OE.
- Relinquish; do without; give up.
- Exempt; excuse; relieve; protect from having to undergo.
- Share; give; have an extra one.
- Avoid; abstain from; hold back; do not indulge in.
- Save; deliver; present; [word play on “spar”] span; stretch across; extend a line through.
- Phrase. “to spare”: extra; available; in addition; as a surplus.