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Definition of dispensing : of Dispense

Synonyms:

dispersing, disbanding, disseminating, dissipating, scattering, breaking up

dealing, setting, allowing, earmarking, dividing, rationing, cutting, apportioning, portioning, allocating, parceling, giving, meting, allotting, splitting, sharing, partitioning, slicing, measuring, budgeting, assigning, segmenting, distributing

deploying, boarding, reloading, feeding, reinforcing, replenishing, catering, clothing, selling

donating, granting, funding, lending, disbursing, bestowing, imparting, contributing, consigning, sending, endowing, doling, awarding, offering, serving, showering, expending, lavishing, ascribing, extending, assisting, pledging, paying, presenting, providing, furnishing, rendering, delivering, supplying, submitting, bequeathing, devoting, helping, tendering, attributing

Usage examples:

• Here he made his own breakfast from what was ready cooked in his pack, dispensing with the fire, which would inevitably tell Brodie of his presence. - "The Everlasting Whisper", Jackson Gregory.
• When the Stuarts claimed the right to legislate by proclamation and by the wide exercise of suspending and dispensing powers they did so on the express ground that such legislation was necessary for public safety. - "Freedom Through Disobedience", C. R. (Chittaranjan) Das.
• All the trappings that I judge would go with the dispensing of liquor were present, but our eyes could discover no small child and we stood together and waited anxiously. - "The Heart's Kingdom", Maria Thompson Daviess.