Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective distributed or weighed out in carefully determined portions.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dispense .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective distributed or weighted out in carefully determined portions
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Examples
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Mind you, when it came to the US captain's decision to complete his fourball line-up with the rookie pairing of Bubba Watson and Jeff Overton, the Europe captain dispensed any need for interpretation.
Ryder Cup 2010: Colin Montgomerie uses dark arts to steel European team Lawrence Donegan at Celtic Manor 2010
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And, true enough, the Mood Swings played on, the buffet kept heaping on beef and BBQ chicken, and the Bud Light -- dispensed from the side of a specially equipped van -- continued to flow.
UPDATED: Mood remains upbeat in Ehrlich camp Fredrick Kunkle 2010
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Martin dispensed royal largess, inviting everybody up, farm-hands, a stableman, and the gardener's assistant from the hotel, the barkeeper, and the furtive hobo who slid in like a shadow and like a shadow hovered at the end of the bar.
Chapter 17 2010
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When the ale is dispensed from the cask, air is allowed into the cask.
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In Maryland, it is illegal to sell condoms from vending machines with one exception: Prophylactics may be dispensed from a vending machine only ‘in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises.’
Proof That the World Is Nuts « You Got to be Kidding's Blog 2009
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When the ale is dispensed from the cask, air is allowed into the cask.
Donavan Hall 2008
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It showed the client, todays trainee, along with his fellow executive retreatantsdoubtless exhausted after a hard day of budget cutting and crunching numbersdrinking rum punch dispensed from the breasts of anatomically correct female ice sculptures, to the accompaniment of a steel drum band, a limbo bar, and scantily clad waitresses dressed asoh dearmermaids.
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When the ale is dispensed from the cask, air is allowed into the cask.
Long Island Beer Event: Cask Night at Deks - Firkin Friday 2007
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Advice and stamps are dispensed from a desk outside the sorting room.
Tired of Puerto Vallarta? Try the mountains: the road to San Sebastián 2004
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Advice and stamps are dispensed from a desk outside the sorting room.
Tired of Puerto Vallarta? Try the mountains: the road to San Sebastián 2004
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