Dispenses

verb

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.verbTo issue, distribute, or give out.

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

"to dispense justice"

3.verbTo supply or make up a medicine or prescription.

"An optician can dispense spectacles."

4.verbTo give a dispensation to (someone); to excuse.

5.verbTo compensate; to make up; to make amends.

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