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sparest

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adjective

  1. Scant; not abundant or plentiful.“a spare diet”
  2. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
  3. Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.“I have no spare time.”
  4. Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.“a spare anchor; a spare bed or room”

verb

  1. To show mercy.
  2. To keep.
  3. To give up To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.

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