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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dispense \Dis*pense"\, 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dispensing
n : the act of dispensing (giving out in portions) [syn: {dispensation}]
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