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2 definitions found 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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