dispense
IPA: dɪspˈɛns
noun
- (obsolete) Cost, expenditure.
- (obsolete) The act of dispensing, dispensation.
verb
- To issue, distribute, or give out.
- To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.
- To supply or make up a medicine or prescription.
- (obsolete) To give a dispensation to (someone); to excuse.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To compensate; to make up; to make amends.
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Examples of "dispense" in Sentences
- It is the dispenser of all our joys.
- The medal is dispensed by the United Nations.
- None of the controls for the dispenser are electrical.
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