Dispense

dis-pens', v. [-pensed (-pensf), -pen- sing.] To deal or divide out in portions; to apply, as laws, to particular cases; to administer, carry out. — v.t. To permit neglect or omi ion, suspend operation, followed by with. [Same as spend; OF. dispenser, L. dis pens are, to weigh out, dispense, dispend ere, -penswtn, to spread, expand, dis and pandere, to spread.] — Dispens^er, n. — Dispensable, a. Capable of being dispensed or administered, of being dispensed with. — Dispensary, -sa-rT, n. A place in which medicines and medical advice are given gratis to the poor shop in which medicines are prepared. —Dispensation, n. Act of dispensing or dealing out thing dispensed esp. Theol.), a system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered. The granting of a license, or the cense itself, to do what is forbidden.—DispenSative, •tiv, a. Granting dispensation. — DispenSatively, adv. — Dis'pens a/tor, n. A distributor; dispenser, — DispenSatory, -to-rt, a. Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations. n. A book of directions for compounding medicines; a pharmacopoeia.