SPARE Copy link • SPARE 1. adj. Lean, Vid: Superfluous, abundans [Vid: SUPERFLUOUS]. Spare time; Vid: LEISURE. 2. v. To reserve, servare: reservare: condere: recondere, aliquid. ☞ Not parcere, comparcere, aliquid in this sense. To use or apply carefully or parsimoniously, parcere alicui rei. To spare pains, expense, parcere labori, impensae: to spare no pains about anything, graviter, strenue laborare, elaborare in aliqua re; sedulo agere aliquid (after Cic.). To spare one’s praises, maligne laudare (opposed to non maligne, plena manu, laudare). To spare the butter, parce uti butyro: to spare one’s words, parcere verbis (Sen., Ep., 29, 1). To spare no entreaties, omnibus precibus petere, contendere; etiam atque etiam rogare (after Cic.). To have no time to spare, vacui temporis nihil habere. To leave off, omit, supersedere aliqua re; omittere aliquid. To refrain from severity, parcere alicui (general term): temperare (to be moderate or gentle): indulgere (to be lenient), alicui.