Dictionary Entry
dispense
dispense is a 8-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines.
- 2transitive verb
To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.
- 3transitive verb
To pay for; to atone for.
- 4transitive verb
To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from.
- 5intransitive verb
To compensate; to make up; to make amends.
- 6intransitive verb
To give dispensation.
- 7transitive verb
Dispensation; exemption.
- 8noun
Expense; profusion; outlay.
- 9verb
give or apply (medications)
Synonyms
- 10verb
administer or bestow, as in small portions
"administer critical remarks to everyone present"
"dole out some money"
Synonyms
- 11verb
grant a dispensation; grant an exemption
"I was dispensed from this terrible task"
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