Dispense - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|dɪˈspens|
Brit.
|dɪˈspens|
verb
- administer or bestow, as in small portions (syn: administer, allot, deal, dish out, distribute, lot, shell out)
the machine dispenses soft drinks
- grant a dispensation; grant an exemptionI was dispensed from this terrible task
- give or apply (medications) (syn: administer)Extra examples
The ATM only dispenses $20 bills.
Pharmacists are certified to dispense medication.
For twenty years the judge had dispensed justice to all kinds of offenders.
Machinery dispenses with much labour.
Villagers dispensed tea to visitors.
May I be dispensed from attending the meeting?
I was dispensed from this terrible task
The role of the courts is to dispense justice fairly to everyone.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: dispense
he/she/it: dispenses
present participle: dispensing
past tense: dispensed
past participle: dispensed
I/you/we/they: dispense
he/she/it: dispenses
present participle: dispensing
past tense: dispensed
past participle: dispensed
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