Associations to the word «Dispense»

Wiktionary

DISPENSE, verb. To issue, distribute, or put out.
DISPENSE, verb. To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.
DISPENSE, verb. To supply or make up a medicine or prescription.
DISPENSE, verb. To eliminate or do without; used intransitively with with.
DISPENSE, verb. (obsolete) To give a dispensation to (someone); to excuse.
DISPENSE, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To compensate; to make up; to make amends.
DISPENSE, noun. (obsolete) Cost, expenditure.
DISPENSE, noun. (obsolete) The act of dispensing, dispensation.

Dictionary definition

DISPENSE, verb. 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".
DISPENSE, verb. Grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; "I was dispensed from this terrible task".
DISPENSE, verb. Give or apply (medications).

Wise words

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