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dispense   (TTS Sound)

The verb dispense has 3 senses

• distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out -- (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"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks")


• dispense -- (grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; "I was dispensed from this terrible task")


• administer, dispense -- (give or apply (medications))