insumere

insumere [CL] 1 to expend, bestow (time, effort, or sim.). b to take up, consume, occupy (time w. spec. activity). c1075 (v. exigere 6b); insumunt operam nonnullo tempore seram R. Cant. Malch. V 505; quidam falsam ~unt operam, qui asseverant istius morbi curationem non ex sanctitate, sed ex regalis prosapie hereditate fluxisse W. Malm. GR II 222; omnem in religione operam ~psere Ib. III 245 p. 304.  b s1164 reliquum diei et consilii ~itur in tractando de copiis ‥ ducendis W. Fitzst. Thom. 61. 2 to take in, consume (also fig.). curiales rusticorum substantias depascebantur, ~ebant fortunas W. Malm. GR IV 314 p. 369; et azymos panes, si facultas datur, simul cum vino ~amus Pull. Sent. 973B; illis, qui carnalibus desideriis ~untur ‥ P. Blois Ep. 123. 360B; ad primum prandium ex anguillis avidius ‥ quam expediret ‥ ~endo Devizes 34v; Ad. Eyns. Visio 4 (v. gluttire 1a); latus aperis ut te velle introire me iliac ~es Medit. Farne 28v.