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   dispense

   /dɪˈspɛns/

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   • 1. distribute or provide (a service or information) to a number of people: "orderlies went round dispensing drinks" Similar distributepass roundpass outhand outdeal outdole outshare outdivide outparcel outallocateallotapportionassignbestowconfersupplydisburseinformal:dish outOpposite collect
   • ▪ (of a machine or container) supply or release (a product or cash): "the machines dispense a range of drinks" Similar preparemake upmixsupplyprovidesell
   • ▪ (of a chemist) make up and give out (medicine) according to a doctor's prescription: "he was stopped from dispensing prescriptions"
   • 2. manage without or get rid of: "let's dispense with the formalities, shall we?"
   • ▪ give special exemption from (a law or rule): "the Secretary of State was empowered to dispense with the nationality requirement in individual cases"
   • ▪ grant (someone) an exemption from a religious obligation: "the Pope personally nominated him as bishop, dispensing him from his impediment" Similar exemptexcuseexceptreleaserelievereprieveabsolvegrant someone a dispensationgrant someone an exemptioninformal:let off

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin dispensare ‘continue to weigh out or disburse’, from the verb dispendere, based on pendere ‘weigh’.

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   What is another word for dispense?

   • Other forms: dispensed; dispensing; dispenses To dispense means to give out or distribute something. A school nurse can dispense students' medication and we all can dispense advice. The word dispense comes from the Old French word dispenser, meaning "give out."

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   What does it mean if someone dispenses something?

   • If someone dispenses something that they own or control, they give or provide it to a number of people. The Union had already dispensed £40,000 in grants. [VERB noun] The local welfare office is where government dispenses many of its services. [VERB noun] I thought of myself as a patriarch, dispensing words of wisdom to all my children.

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   What is dispense verb?

   • Definition of dispense verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary dispense something (to somebody) (formal) to give out something to people The machine dispenses a range of drinks and snacks. He dispensed hospitality lavishly in an effort to win votes.

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   What does dispensation mean?

   • , dis·pensed, dis·pens·ing. to dispense wisdom. to dispense the law without bias. Pharmacology. to make up and distribute (medicine), especially on prescription. Roman Catholic Church. to grant dispensation. , dis·pensed, dis·pens·ing. to grant dispensation. Obsolete. expenditure. to dispense with preliminaries. to do away with; rid of.

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     DISPENSE translate: dar, expender, repartir, dar. Learn more...

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    To dispense means to give out or distribute something. A school nurse can dispense students' medication and we all can dispense advice.