dispense
To issue, distribute, or give out.
Other meanings
To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.
To supply or make up a medicine or prescription.
“The pharmacist dispensed my tablets.”
Synonyms
- distribute
- deal
- lot
- shell out
- deal out
- dish out
Related words
- predispensed
- undispensed
- dispensability
- dispensement
- dispensome
- misdispense
- nanodispense
- redispense
- dispensary
- dispenser
- dispense with
- dispensable
Word history
From Latin "dispenso".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “dispense” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.