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

When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it is unspoken you reign over it.
Arabian Proverb