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dispense

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Synonyms: disperse, mispense, dispence, dispensa, disease, dispose, dispone, suspense, dispenser, displease, dispensed

Antonyms: disperse, mispense, dispence, dispensa, disease, dispose, dispone, suspense, dispenser, displease, dispensed

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

  1. To [[issue]], [[distribute]], or give out.
  2. To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.
  3. To [[supply]] or [[make up]] a medicine or prescription.
  4. {{lb|en|particularly|_|in|_|canon law}} To give a [[dispensation]] to (someone); to [[excuse]].
  5. {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To [[compensate]]; to make up; to make amends.

Noun

  1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[cost|Cost]], [[expenditure]].
  2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The act of dispensing, [[dispensation]].

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