What does the word dispense mean?
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To deal out in portions; administer, as laws.
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To grant dispensation.
Part of speech: verb transitive
Part of speech: verb transitive
Part of speech: verb
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Usage examples for dispense
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No drama can dispense with picture; and so no drama is free from the obligation to add unto itself these other qualities also. – The Psychology of Beauty by Ethel D. Puffer
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They dispense with any inquiry at the custom- house into the actual cost or value of the article, and it pays the precise amount of duty previously fixed by law. – Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present by Various
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She could partly understand that the manner of their meeting in London had thrust upon him a necessity for flattering tenderness with which he might well dispense when he met her among his family. – Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope