[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dispense \dispense"\, v. i.
   1. to compensate; to make up; to make amends. obs.
      1913 webster

            one loving hour
            for many years of sorrow can dispense. --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. to give dispensation.
      1913 webster

            he the pope can also dispense in all matters of
            ecclesiastical law.                   --addis 
                                                  arnold cath.
                                                  dict. 
      1913 webster

   to dispense with.
      a to permit the neglect or omission of, as a form, a
          ceremony, an oath; to suspend the operation of, as a
          law; to give up, release, or do without, as services,
          attention, etc.; to forego; to part with.
      b to allow by dispensation; to excuse; to exempt; to
          grant dispensation to or for. obs. "conniving and
          dispensing with open and common adultery." --milton.
      c to break or go back from, as one's word. obs.
          --richardson.
          1913 webster
see also:
to dispense with 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dispense \dispense"\, 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 directions; nature
      dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines.
      1913 webster

            he is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the
            company.                              --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

   2. to apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to
      execute; to manage; to direct.
      1913 webster

            while you dispense the laws, and guide the state.
                                                  --dryden.
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   3. to pay for; to atone for. obs.
      1913 webster

            his sin was dispensed
            with gold, whereof it was compensed.  --gower.
      1913 webster

   4. to exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from.
      1913 webster

            it was resolved that all members of the house who
            held commissions, should be dispensed from
            parliamentary attendance.             --macaulay.
      1913 webster

            he appeared to think himself born to be supported by
            others, and dispensed from all necessity of
            providing for himself.                --johnson.
      1913 webster
see also:
dispensed dispensing dispend 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dispense \dispense"\, n. cf. f. dispense dispensation. see
   dispense, v. t.
   dispensation; exemption. obs.
   1913 webster
see also:
dispense 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dispense \dispense"\, n. of. despense, f. d'epense.
   expense; profusion; outlay. obs.
   1913 webster

         it was a vault built for great dispense. --spenser.
   1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dispense
     v 1: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer
          critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some
          money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal
          a blow to someone" syn: distribute, administer, mete
          out, deal, parcel out, lot, shell out, deal
          out, dish out, allot, dole out
     2: grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; "i was dispensed
        from this terrible task"
     3: give or apply medications syn: administer
see also:
distribute administer mete out deal parcel out lot 
shell out deal out dish out allot dole out 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

143 moby thesaurus words for "dispense":
   ok, abolish, abstain from, accord, administer, admit, afford,
   allocate, allot, allow, apply, apportion, assign, award, bestow,
   bestow on, bestrew, broadcast, cancel, carry out, circumfuse,
   communicate, conduct, confer, consent, deal, deal out, diffract,
   diffuse, direct, disburse, discharge, dish out, dispense with,
   disperse, dispose, dispose of, dispread, disseminate, distribute,
   diverge, divide, divvy, do away with, do without, dole, dole out,
   donate, eliminate, enforce, eschew, execute, extend, fan out,
   forgo, fork out, forswear, furnish, get rid of, gift, gift with,
   give, give away, give freely, give leave, give out,
   give permission, give the go-ahead, give the word, give up, grant,
   hand out, hawk, heap, help to, huckster, ignore, impart, implement,
   issue, lavish, leave, let, let have, make possible, measure,
   measure out, mete, mete out, offer, okay, operate, overscatter,
   oversow, overspread, parcel out, pass around, pass out, pay out,
   peddle, permit, portion out, pour, present, proffer, propagate,
   provide, publish, radiate, rain, refuse, reject, release,
   relinquish, remove, render, renounce, retail, say the word,
   scatter, serve, share out, shell out, shower, slip, snow, sow,
   sow broadcast, spare, splay, spoon out, spread, spread out, strew,
   superintend, supervise, supply, tender, utter, vend, vouchsafe,
   waive, yield

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