Synonym: allot, deal out, distribute, give out, grant, issue. Similar words: dispensable, dispensation, indispensable, expense, dispel, disperse, recompense, dispersed. Meaning: [dɪ'spens] 
v. 1. administer or bestow, as in small portions 2. grant a dispensation; grant an exemption 3. give or apply (medications).
v. 1. administer or bestow, as in small portions 2. grant a dispensation; grant an exemption 3. give or apply (medications). 91. The most severe punishment a matriarch can dispense is exile from the house.
92. Liquid cylinders designed to dispense gases have valves equipped with standard Compressed Gas Association ( CGA ) outlets.
93. It's all part of a conspiracy to dispense with the town centre all together and move everything out to Meadowhall.
94. This system uses a linear vibratory unit to dispense powder, pellet or granular dry material.
95. When Pope Clement VII refused to dispense with his previous dispensation and allow the divorce, Henry dismissed his adviser, Cardinal Wolsey, who then died of heart complications.
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