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Definition dispense in British English

dispense verb

[transitive] verb
/dɪˈspens/
1

if a machine dispenses something such as food, drink, or money, it gives it to you

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2

to provide something such as a service, especially officially

Example

the failure of the country's authorities to dispense justice

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3

to prepare medicines and give them to people

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Definition dispense in British English