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1. Give or provide in small portions
   "the machine dispenses soft drinks";
   - distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out, mete, dole
    
2. Grant a dispensation; grant an exemption
   "I was dispensed from this terrible task"
    
3. (medicine) give or apply (medications)
   - administer

Derived forms: dispensed, dispensing, dispenses

See also: dispense with

Type of: care for, exempt, free, give, relieve, treat

Encyclopedia: Dispense