DISPENSE

vi to give dispensation.

2. dispense ·vt dispensation; exemption.

3. dispense ·noun expense; profusion; outlay.

4. dispense ·vt to pay for; to atone for.

5. dispense ·vi to compensate; to make up; to make amends.

6. dispense ·vt to exempt; to excuse; to absolve;

— with from.

7. dispense ·vt to apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.

8. dispense ·vt to deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines.