Dispense \Dis*pense"\, v. i. 1. To compensate; to make up; to make amends. [Obs.]
One loving hour For many years of sorrow can dispense. --Spenser.
2. To give dispensation.
He [the pope] can also dispense in all matters of ecclesiastical law. --Addis & Arnold (Cath. Dict. )
{To dispense with}. (a) To permit the neglect or omission of, as a form, a ceremony, an oath; to suspend the operation of, as a law; to give up, release, or do without, as services, attention, etc.; to forego; to part with. (b) To allow by dispensation; to excuse; to exempt; to grant dispensation to or for. [Obs.] ``Conniving and dispensing with open and common adultery.'' --Milton. (c) To break or go back from, as one's word. [Obs.] --Richardson.
Dispense \Dis*pense"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispensed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispensing}.] [F. dispenser, L. dispensare, intens. of dispendere. See {Dispend}.] 1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines.
He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. --Sir W. Scott.
2. To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.
While you dispense the laws, and guide the state. --Dryden.
3. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.]
His sin was dispensed With gold, whereof it was compensed. --Gower.
4. To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from.
It was resolved that all members of the House who held commissions, should be dispensed from parliamentary attendance. --Macaulay.
He appeared to think himself born to be supported by others, and dispensed from all necessity of providing for himself. --Johnson.
Dispense \Dis*pense"\, n. [Cf. F. dispense dispensation. See {Dispense}, v. t.] Dispensation; exemption. [Obs.]
Dispense \Dis*pense"\, n. [OF. despense, F. d['e]pense.] Expense; profusion; outlay. [Obs.]
It was a vault built for great dispense. --Spenser.
Earlier this year, however, the Commerce Department decided to dispense with the Pentagon review, although it said it would continue to subject exports involving such companies to special scrutiny.
The OECD has no big money to dispense.
Says Mr. McHugh: "If doctors still prescribe it, we can still dispense it, and we will."
Disappointingly, the EBRD has so far been able to commit only a small fraction of the limited capital at its disposal, and to dispense even less.
He is in dispute with Barclays Bank over Pounds 600 withdrawn from his account through automated teller machines, the 'holes in the wall' on which banks increasingly rely to dispense cash.
The transfer of the funds reportedly will be made in yen to the Gulf Cooperation Council, which will dispense the bulk of the total to the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, to be converted as needed to dollars.
Machines dispense several of Coke's exotic drinks from around the world, such as a tutti-frutti drink sold in Costa Rica.
Some trusts also have a 'savings scheme' option, so you can dispense with the broker.
Without the regulations, however, drug abuse treatment centers can still apply for a waiver to allow them to set up an interim clinic and dispense methadone on an outpatient basis, Brown said.
These machines are available to dispense cash to consumers at any time of day or night, and their proliferation has doubtless changed the way many people go about spending and managing money.
When I began to dispense, I soon learned that generics cost as little as one-tenth as much as brand names.
In the category of banned PACs, if Bush agrees to this option, would be so-called leadership PACs, those headed by politicians and used to dispense campaign funds to other candidates.
In 1981, the FDA proposed a test program that would require health professionals to dispense informational leaflets bearing side-effect warnings and other facts with a dozen drugs.
And while surgical advice won't be part of his official duties, he expects to have ample opportunity to dispense it.
He added that he was hopeful the panel could dispense with any parade of witnesses from farm lobbies and instead act this week on any changes congressmen want to make in the draft bill.
A senior official said Sunday that government employees have been told they may dispense with their khaki uniforms in favor of civilian garb in their offices and at ceremonial occasions.
The government on Sunday empowered army commanders to try dissident monks in military tribunals, which can dispense the death penalty.
Transit workers at the system's 22 stations showed riders how to operate machines that dispense tickets, transfers and change.
COUPON MACHINE: ActMedia, a Darien, Conn., in-store marketing firm, today will introduce an electronic coupon machine designed to dispense coupons to shoppers directly at store shelves.
What is more frustrating, the bureaucrats in the international lending institutions are reluctant to cut funding of state-run projects that allow bureaucrats to keep controlling the economy and dispense favors to those they prefer.
That means having enough nurses, pharmacists and doctors -who must have been vaccinated against plague - on hand to diagnose the disease and dispense drugs.
A few congressmen may dispense special favors to contributors or buddies, regardless of the facts.
Her book therefore suggests a different solution. Rather than seek another new definition of God, we might do better to dispense with theologies altogether and place our hopes in the best of things human instead.
Forty-eight percent believe schools should dispense condoms to curb the spread of AIDS, and 49 percent believe schools should provide other contraceptives to reduce the number of pregnancies.
Ionics has introduced a cooler that can dispense seltzer water by adding carbonation.
Little wonder, then, that a new breed of marketing guru has sprung up to dispense advice to firms and individual lawyers at pricey but standing-room-only seminars.