dispense+with
41dispense — [14] Dispense comes ultimately from Latin dispendere ‘weigh out’ (partial source of English spend). This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis ‘away’ and pendere ‘weigh’, a relative of pendēre ‘hang’, from which English gets pendulum,… …
42dispense — v 1. deal out, distribute, disburse, apportion, allot, dole out; mete out, allocate, award, assign, detail; parcel out, divide, share, measure, Inf. dish out, Inf. spoon out; supply, equip, bestow, furnish, grant. 2. administer, discharge, apply …
43dispense — [dɪˈspens] verb [T] to provide people with something • dispense with sb/sth …
44dispense — [dɪ spɛns] verb 1》 distribute to a number of people. ↘(of a machine or container) supply or release (a product or cash). ↘(of a chemist) supply (medicine) according to a prescription. 2》 (dispense with) get rid of or manage without. 3》… …
45dispense — verb 1) servants dispensed the drinks Syn: distribute, pass around, hand out, dole out, dish out, share out; allocate, supply, allot, apportion 2) the soldiers dispensed summary justice Syn: administer …
46dispense — verb 1) servants dispensed the drinks Syn: distribute, pass round, hand out, dole out, dish out, share out 2) the soldiers dispensed summary justice Syn: administer, deliver, issue, deal out …
47Dispense — 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… …
48dispense — [v1] dole out supply allocate, allot, apportion, assign, come across with, deal, deal out, disburse, dish out*, distribute, divide, divvy*, fork out*, furnish, give, give away, give with, hand out, hand over, lot, measure, mete out, partition,… …
49dispense — early 14c., from O.Fr. dispenser give out (13c.), from L. dispensare disburse, administer, distribute (by weight), frequentative of dispendere pay out, from dis out (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + pendere to pay, weigh (see PENDANT (Cf. pendant …
50dispense — Etymologically, dispense means to weigh out, pay out, distribute, regulate, manage, control, etc., but when used with with, it has, among other meanings, that of doing without, and doing away with, being synonymous with abolish …
