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dispense
verb
1 dispense
Administer or bestow, as in small portions:
— The machine dispenses soft drinks.
synonyms: administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out ... show more.
Roget 786:
apportion,
divide;
distribute,
administer,
dispense;
billet,
allot,
detail,
cast,
share,
mete;
portion out,
parcel out,
dole out;
deal,
carve.
allocate,
ration,
ration out;
assign;
separate
etc.
44.
partition,
assign,
appropriate,
appoint.
come in for one's share
etc.
(participate)
778.
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Roget 796:
sell,
vend,
dispose of,
effect a sale;
sell over the counter,
sell by auction
etc.
n.;
dispense,
retail;
deal in
etc.
794;
sell off,
sell out;
turn into money,
realize;
bring to the hammer,
bring under the hammer,
put up to auction,
put up for auction;
offer for sale,
put up for sale;
hawk,
bring to market;
offer
etc.
763;
undersell.
let;
mortgage
etc.
(security)
771.
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Roget 784:
deliver,
hand,
pass,
put into the hands of;
hand over,
make over,
deliver over,
pass over,
turn over;
assign dower.
present,
give away,
dispense,
dispose of;
give out,
deal out,
dole out,
mete out,
fork out,
squeeze out.
pay
etc.
807;
render,
impart,
communicate.
concede,
cede,
yield,
part with,
shed,
cast;
spend
etc.
809.
give,
bestow,
confer,
grant,
accord,
award,
assign.
intrust,
consign,
vest in.
make a present;
allow,
contribute,
subscribe,
furnish its quota.
invest,
endow,
settle upon;
bequeath,
leave,
devise.
furnish,
supply,
help;
administer to;
afford,
spare;
accommodate with,
indulge with,
favor with;
shower down upon;
lavish,
pour on,
thrust upon.
tip,
bribe;
tickle the palm,
grease the palm;
offer
etc.
763;
sacrifice,
immolate.
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Roget 73:
disperse,
scatter,
sow,
broadcast,
disseminate,
diffuse,
shed,
spread,
bestrew,
overspread,
dispense,
disband,
disembody,
dismember,
distribute;
apportion
etc.
786;
blow off,
let out,
dispel,
cast forth,
draught off;
strew,
straw,
strow†;
ted;
spirtle†,
cast,
sprinkle;
issue,
deal out,
retail,
utter;
resperse†,
intersperse;
set abroach†,
circumfuse†.
turn adrift,
cast adrift;
scatter to the winds;
spread like wildfire,
disperse themselves.
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Dutch: verdelen, dealen, uitdelen
2 dispense
Grant a dispensation; grant an exemption.
3 dispense
Give or apply (medications).
synonym: administer.
Dutch: uitdelen, toedienen
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