dispense with a law
1dispense with — I verb abandon, abjure, abolish, abstain, cede, censor, disavow, disclaim, dismiss, disown, dispose of, do without, except, exclude, excuse, exempt, extinguish, forbear, forgo, forswear, give up, jettison, not use, pass over, refrain, refuse,… …
2To dispense with — Dispense Dis*pense , v. i. 1. To compensate; to make up; to make amends. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] One loving hour For many years of sorrow can dispense. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To give dispensation. [1913 Webster] He [the pope] can also dispense… …
3dispense — I verb administer, allocate, allot, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, bestow, bestow upon, confer, deal, deal to, detail, dimittere, dispense, disperse, dispose of, disseminate, distribuere, distribute, divide in portions, do away with, do …
4Dispense — Dis*pense , v. i. 1. To compensate; to make up; to make amends. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] One loving hour For many years of sorrow can dispense. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To give dispensation. [1913 Webster] He [the pope] can also dispense in all… …
5dispense — [di spens′] vt. dispensed, dispensing [ME dispensen < OFr despenser < L dispensare, to pay out < pp. of dispendere, to weigh out < dis , out + pendere, to weigh: see PENDANT] 1. to give or deal out; distribute 2. to prepare and give… …
6dispense — [c]/dɪsˈpɛns / (say dis pens) verb (dispensed, dispensing) –verb (t) 1. to deal out; distribute: to dispense justice; to dispense wisdom. 2. to administer (laws, etc.). 3. Pharmaceutical to put up and distribute (medicine), especially on… …
7dispense — /di spens /, v., dispensed, dispensing, n. v.t. 1. to deal out; distribute: to dispense wisdom. 2. to administer: to dispense the law without bias. 3. Pharm. to make up and distribute (medicine), esp. on prescription. 4. Rom. Cath. Ch. to grant… …
8dispense — dis•pense [[t]dɪˈspɛns[/t]] v. pensed, pens•ing, n. 1) to deal out; distribute 2) to administer: to dispense the law without bias[/ex] 3) pha to make up and distribute (medicine), esp. on prescription 4) rel Rom. Cath. Ch. to grant a dispensation …
9dispense — early 14c., from O.Fr. dispenser give out (13c.), from L. dispensare disburse, administer, distribute (by weight), frequentative of dispendere pay out, from dis out (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + pendere to pay, weigh (see PENDANT (Cf. pendant …
10do away with — index delete, destroy (efface), dispatch (put to death), dispel, dispense, eliminate (eradicate …
