dispense
noun
1. (obsolete) Cost, expenditure.
2. (obsolete) The act of dispensing, dispensation.
verb
1. administer or bestow, as in small portions
- the machine dispenses soft drinks
Similar word(s): administer, allot, deal, distribute, lot
Definition categories: possession, give
2. grant a dispensation; grant an exemption
- I was dispensed from this terrible task
Definition categories: social, exempt, free, relieve
3. give or apply (medications)
Similar word(s): administer
Definition categories: body, treat
Sentences with dispense as a verb:
- to dispense justice
- The pharmacist dispensed my tablets.
- An optician can dispense spectacles.
- I wish he would dispense with the pleasantries and get to the point.