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English Dictionary: dispense	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dispense v administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" Synonym(s): distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; "I was dispensed from this terrible task" give or apply (medications) Synonym(s): administer, dispense
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dispense \Dispense"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispensed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispensing}.] [F. dispenser, L. dispensare, intens. of dispendere. See {Dispend}.] 1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense* medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct. While you dispense the laws, and guide the state. --Dryden. 3. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.] His sin was dispensed With gold, whereof it was compensed. --Gower. 4. To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from. It was resolved that all members of the House who held commissions, should be dispensed from parliamentary attendance. --Macaulay. He appeared to think himself born to be supported by others, and dispensed from all necessity of providing for himself. --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dispense \Dispense"\, n. [Cf. F. dispense* dispensation. See {Dispense}, v. t.] Dispensation; exemption. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dispense \Dis*pense"\, n. [OF. despense, F. d[82]pense.] Expense; profusion; outlay. [Obs.] It was a vault built for great dispense. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dispense \Dispense"\, v. i. 1. To compensate; to make up; to make amends. [Obs.] One loving hour For many years of sorrow can dispense. --Spenser. 2. To give dispensation. He [the pope] can also dispense* in all matters of ecclesiastical law. --Addis & Arnold (Cath. Dict. ) {To dispense with}. (a) To permit the neglect or omission of, as a form, a ceremony, an oath; to suspend the operation of, as a law; to give up, release, or do without, as services, attention, etc.; to forego; to part with. (b) To allow by dispensation; to excuse; to exempt; to grant dispensation to or for. [Obs.] [bd]Conniving and dispensing with open and common adultery.[b8] --Milton. (c) To break or go back from, as one's word. [Obs.] --Richardson.