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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- dispense [dɪ'spεns]
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to give out or issue in portions
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2.
vt.
[tr]
to prepare and distribute (medicine), esp on prescription
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3.
vt.
[tr]
to administer (the law, etc)
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4.
vi.
[intr;
foll by with] to do away (with) or manage (without) -
5.
vi.
to grant a dispensation to (someone) from (some obligation of church law)
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6.
vi.
to exempt or excuse from a rule or obligation
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7.
vi.
[Etymology]
C14: from Medieval Latin dispens
a re to pardon, from Latin dispendere to weigh out, fromdis- 1 + pendere to weigh -
8.
vi.
[Usage]
Dispense with is sometimes wrongly used where dispose of is meant: this task can be disposed of (not dispensed with) quickly and easily
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to give out or issue in portions
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