0 past simple and past participle of dispense
1 to give out things, especially products, services, or amounts of money:
In brief, washed labelled trypomastigotes (5 x 104/tube) were dispensed into small plastic tubes.
In other retail contexts, such as a jewelry shop, such expert knowledge is often dispensed freely by salespersons or via printed materials such as pamphlets.
The research pharmacist then dispensed the drugs in order to maintain blinding of the clinical teams.
In the first case, free will or consciousness became problematic terms that might perhaps better be dispensed with, or that were at best epiphenomena.
In our survey of young adults 68 % of the sleeping tablets and tranquillizers had been dispensed by relatives and friends.
A reward was dispensed only when the animal made a direct saccade to the target.
This latter group was dispensed drugs in containers and with labels appropriate to their needs.
Another distinction that might be dispensed with in a minimalist approach is the distinction between substitution and adjunction.
