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dispense
[ dih-spens ]
verb (used with object)
- to deal out; distribute:
to dispense wisdom.
Synonyms: , ,
- to administer:
to dispense the law without bias.
- Pharmacology. to make up and distribute (medicine), especially on prescription.
- Roman Catholic Church. to grant dispensation.
verb (used without object)
- to grant dispensation.
noun
- Obsolete. expenditure.
verb phrase
- to do without; forgo:
to dispense with preliminaries.
- to do away with; rid of.
- to grant exemption from a law or promise.
dispense
/ »åɪˈ²õ±èÉ›²Ô²õ /
verb
- tr to give out or issue in portions
- tr to prepare and distribute (medicine), esp on prescription
- tr to administer (the law, etc)
- intrfoll bywith to do away (with) or manage (without)
- to grant a dispensation to (someone) from (some obligation of church law)
- to exempt or excuse from a rule or obligation
Usage
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dispense1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The business executive occupies the top of the corporate hierarchy — or, in the case of Trump, the dynastic hierarchy — dispensing judgment as he sees fit.
Amateur singers still reach for lung-busting high notes; judges still dispense advice drawn from their professional experience; Seacrest still emcees the proceedings with a knowing amusement.
The medication can no longer be dispensed to patients who have completed online questionnaires or sent photos.
This isn’t the first time the show — perennially under pressure to trim its often bloated runtime — has dispensed with the original song performances.
Even so, the gloom of Rachmaninoff’s final major work was dispensed by pure pianistic spectacle.
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