dispense
21dispense — dis|pense [ dı spens ] verb transitive 1. ) if a machine dispenses something such as food, drink, or money, it gives it to you a ) to provide or supply something, especially officially: dispense justice: the failure of the country s authorities… …
22dispense — verb (T) 1 formal to give something to people, especially in fixed amounts: Villagers dispensed tea to people involved in the accident. 2 to prepare and give medicines to people 3 to officially provide something for people in a society: dispense… …
23dispense — UK [dɪˈspens] / US verb [transitive] Word forms dispense : present tense I/you/we/they dispense he/she/it dispenses present participle dispensing past tense dispensed past participle dispensed 1) if a machine dispenses something such as food,… …
24dispense — [c]/dɪsˈpɛns / (say dis pens) verb (dispensed, dispensing) –verb (t) 1. to deal out; distribute: to dispense justice; to dispense wisdom. 2. to administer (laws, etc.). 3. Pharmaceutical to put up and distribute (medicine), especially on… …
25dispense — /di spens /, v., dispensed, dispensing, n. v.t. 1. to deal out; distribute: to dispense wisdom. 2. to administer: to dispense the law without bias. 3. Pharm. to make up and distribute (medicine), esp. on prescription. 4. Rom. Cath. Ch. to grant… …
26dispense — verb a) To issue, distribute, or put out. The smoky spray seemed to trap whatever light there was and to dispense it subtly. b) To eliminate or do without–used intransitively with with. I wish he would dispense with the pleasantries and get to… …
27dispense — [14] Dispense comes ultimately from Latin dispendere ‘weigh out’ (partial source of English spend). This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis ‘away’ and pendere ‘weigh’, a relative of pendēre ‘hang’, from which English gets pendulum,… …
28dispense — [[t]dɪspe̱ns[/t]] dispenses, dispensing, dispensed 1) VERB If someone dispenses something that they own or control, they give or provide it to a number of people. [FORMAL] [V n] The Union had already dispensed ₤40,000 in grants... [V n] The local …
29dispense — dis•pense [[t]dɪˈspɛns[/t]] v. pensed, pens•ing, n. 1) to deal out; distribute 2) to administer: to dispense the law without bias[/ex] 3) pha to make up and distribute (medicine), esp. on prescription 4) rel Rom. Cath. Ch. to grant a dispensation …
30dispense — [14] Dispense comes ultimately from Latin dispendere ‘weigh out’ (partial source of English spend). This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis ‘away’ and pendere ‘weigh’, a relative of pendēre ‘hang’, from which English gets pendulum,… …
