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dispense

🇬🇧 UK/dis'pens/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To distribute or give out; to prepare and supply medicine or prescriptions; (with 'with') to do without.

分发,分配;配(药);(与with连用)免除,省去

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
disnot, apart, away
+
penseweigh, pay out, spend, hang
=dispense

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The pharmacist will dispense your medication according to the doctor's prescription.

  • 2.

    They decided to dispense with formal introductions and get straight to business.

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