| VERB | possession | dispense, distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out | administer or bestow, as in small portions |
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| social | dispense | grant a dispensation | |
| body | dispense, administer | give or apply (medications) |
| Sounds | dihspeh'ns | |
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| Rhymes | commence ... whence: 23 rhymes with ehns... | |
| Meaning | Administer or bestow, as in small portions. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Example | "the machine dispenses soft drinks" | |
| Synonyms | distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out | |
| Narrower | assign, allot, portion | Give out |
| deal | Distribute cards to the players in a game / game / game | |
| give, apply | Give or convey physically | |
| reallot | allot again | |
| Broader | give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
| Spanish | adjudicar, asignar, conceder, destinar, dispensar, distribuir, repartir | |
| Catalan | adjudicar, assignar, concedir, destinar, dispensar, distribuir, repartir | |
| Nouns | dispensation | the act of dispensing / dispensing (giving out in portions) |
| dispensation | a share that has been dispensed or distributed | |
| dispenser | a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts | |
| dispenser | a person who dispenses | |
| Meaning | grant a dispensation; grant an exemption. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Example | "I was dispensed from this terrible task" | |
| Broader | exempt, relieve, free | grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to |
| See also | dispense with | do without or cease to hold or adhere to |
| Spanish | dispensar, eximir, perdonar | |
| Nouns | dispensation | an exemption from some rule or obligation |
| Meaning | Give or apply (medications) . | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Synonym | administer | |
| Category | medicine, practice of medicine | The learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries |
| Entails | give, apply | Give or convey physically |
| Narrower | digitalize | Administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects |
| give | Give (as medicine) | |
| inject, shoot | Give an injection to | |
| transfuse | Give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to | |
| Broader | treat, care for | Provide treatment for |
| Spanish | administrar, dispensar | |
| Catalan | administrar, dispensar | |
| Nouns | dispensary | clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed |
| dispensation | the act of dispensing / dispensing (giving out in portions) | |
| dispensation | a share that has been dispensed or distributed | |
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