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Dispense
dɪˈspɛn(t)s
Dispense definitions
verb
dispense
dispensed
dispenses
dispensing
- distribute or provide (a service or information) to a number of people
"orderlies went round dispensing drinks"
distribute pass round pass out hand out deal out dole out share out divide out parcel out allocate allot apportion assign bestow confer supply disburse- (of a machine or container) supply or release (a product or cash)
"the machines dispense a range of drinks"
- (of a chemist) make up and give out (medicine) according to a doctor's prescription
"he was stopped from dispensing prescriptions"
- manage without or get rid of
"let's dispense with the formalities, shall we?"
waive omit drop leave out forgo give up relinquish renounce get rid of throw away throw out cast aside do away with dispose of discard shed- give special exemption from (a law or rule)
"the Secretary of State was empowered to dispense with the nationality requirement in individual cases"
- grant (someone) an exemption from a religious obligation
"the Pope personally nominated him as bishop, dispensing him from his impediment"