dispense

Meaning

Frequency

C2
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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