Verb: dispense di'spen(t)s
- Give or provide in small portions
"the machine dispenses soft drinks";
- distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out, mete, dole
- (medicine) give or apply (medications)
"The nurse dispensed the prescribed antibiotics";
- administer
- Grant a dispensation; grant an exemption
"I was dispensed from this terrible task"
Derived forms: dispensed, dispenses, dispensing
See also: waive
Type of: care for, exempt, free, give, relieve, treat
Encyclopedia: Dispense