dispense
Meaning
Synonyms
divide into parts
pass around
screen off
divide into
diverge from
let go of
give up the idea
(to) honor
(to) honour
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪˈspɛns/
Etymology
In summary
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”).
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