Definition of dispense Dispense

/dɪspɛˈns/ - [dispens] - dis•pense

We found 21 definitions of dispense from 6 different sources.

What does dispense mean?

WordNet

Verb dispenses, dispensing, dispensed
dispense - grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; "I was dispensed from this terrible task"
		exempt, free, relieve grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
		foreswear, waive, dispense with, forego, forgo, relinquish turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
dispense - administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
		distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
		give proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister"
		portion, allot, assign select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
		reallot allot again; "They were realloted additional farm land"
		deal do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
		apply, give ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"
dispense - give or apply (medications)
		administer
		apply, give ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"
		care for, treat be fond of; be attached to
		practice of medicine, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
		transfuse give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to
		digitalize administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects
		inject, shoot give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
		give proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister"

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Wiktionary

dispense (Noun)
Cost, expenditure.
dispense (Noun)
The act of dispensing, dispensation.
dispense (Verb)
To issue, distribute, or put out.
dispense (Verb)
To supply or make up a medicine or prescription.
dispense (Verb)
To eliminate or do without–used intransitively with with.
dispense (Verb)
To give a dispensation to someone to do something against the law.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

dispense (v. t.)
To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines.
dispense (v. t.)
To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.
dispense (v. t.)
To pay for; to atone for.
dispense (v. t.)
To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from.
dispense (v. i.)
To compensate; to make up; to make amends.
dispense (v. i.)
To give dispensation.
dispense (v. t.)
Dispensation; exemption.
dispense (n.)
Expense; profusion; outlay.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

dispense
To give or apply (medications).
dispense
To divide something into portions and dispense it.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

dispense
dis-pens′, v.t. to deal out in portions: to distribute: to administer: (Spens.) to pay for.—n. expense: profession: abundance.—adj. Dispensed′.—n. Dispens′er.—Dispense with, to permit the want of: to do without. [Fr. dispenser—L. dis, asunder, pensare, inten. of pendĕre, to weigh.]