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Word entry · 8 letters

dispense

Best crossword clue

"Give out doses"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈspɛns/Part of speech verbSorted deeinpssStarts with DEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. give or apply (medications)

Word origin

From Middle English, from Old French dispenser, from Latin dispēnsāre (“to weigh out, pay out, distribute, regulate, manage, control, dispense”), frequentative of dispendere (“to weigh out”), from dis- (“apart”) + pendere (“to weigh”).

Used in a sentence

  • He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company.
  • The smoky spray seemed to trap whatever light there was and to dispense it subtly.
  • to dispense justice

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