Antonyms for dispense
dɪˈspɛnsdis·pense

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1. dispense

   To allot or assign may be to make an arbitrary division; the same is true of distribute or divide. That which is apportioned is given by some fixed rule, which is meant to be uniform and fair; as, representatives are apportioned among the States according to population. To dispense is to give out freely; as, the sun dispenses light and heat. A thing is appropriated to or for a specific purpose (to which it thus becomes proper, in the original sense of being its own); money appropriated by Congress for one purpose can not be expended for any other. One may apportion what he only holds in trust; he shares what is his own. Compare ALLOT.

   Antonyms:
   cling to, collect, consolidate, divide arbitrarily, gather together, keep together, receive, retain

   Synonyms:
   allot, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, deal, distribute, divide, grant, share

   Preposition:
   Apportion to each a fair amount; apportion the property among the heirs, between two claimants; apportion according to numbers, etc.

Matched Categories

1. • Exempt
   • Medicine
   • Treat

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole outverb

   administer or bestow, as in small portions

   "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"

   Synonyms:
   dish up, circulate, shell out, apportion, plow, spread, carry on, lot, pass on, dish out, portion, deal out, allot, serve up, care, portion out, sell, take, treat, share, dole out, divvy up, grapple, make out, accord, assign, deal, parcel out, disperse, circularize, manage, contend, administer, give out, grant, trade, address, handle, disseminate, pass around, hand out, mete out, administrate, pass out, diffuse, broadcast, distribute, propagate, conduct, serve, cover, circularise, consider, make do, get by, stagger, look at, cope, dish

2. dispenseverb

   grant a dispensation; grant an exemption

   "I was dispensed from this terrible task"

   Synonyms:
   distribute, shell out, lot, dish out, parcel out, dole out, deal out, deal, mete out, allot, administer

3. administer, dispenseverb

   give or apply (medications)

   Synonyms:
   distribute, administrate, deal, lot, dish out, parcel out, dole out, deal out, shell out, mete out, allot, administer

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dispenseverb

   Synonyms:
   deal out, apportion, distribute, administer, execute

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dispense

   Synonyms:
   Transfusion Issue

How to use dispense in a sentence?

1. Louis Aragon:

   There exists a black kingdom which the eyes of man avoid because its landscape fails signally to flatter them. This darkness, which he imagines he can dispense with in describing the light, is error with its unknown characteristics. Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be said about error: the delusion will be no greater.

2. Katrina Mark:

   They are only licensed to dispense to people who have medical marijuana cards, this does not mean that they are staffed by people that have any sort of medical education.

3. Edith Hamilton:

   He was, first and last, the born fighter, to whom the consciousness of being matched against a great adversary suffices and who can dispense with success. Life for him was an adventure, perilous indeed, but men are not made for safe havens. The fullness of life is in the hazards of life. And, at the worst, there is that in us which can turn defeat into victory.

4. Ruckett:

   In the perfect wedlock, the man, I should say, is the head, but the woman the heart, with which he cannot dispense.

5. Adam Fein:

   The future of pharmacy is really about being a low cost buyer of generic drugs and capability to dispense specialty drugs and that is an area of challenge for several supermarket operators.

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