dispense Definition

dispense
verb dispensed, dispensing

1. To give out (eg advice).

Thesaurus: distribute, supply, give, apportion, assign, allocate, allot, mete out, dole out, disburse.
2. To prepare and distribute (medicine).
3. To administer (eg the law).

Thesaurus: administer, manage, command, undertake, enforce, direct, operate, execute, implement.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin dispendere, dispensum to weigh out.

Phrasal Verb: dispense with something

To do without it.