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[ verb ] administer or bestow, as in small portions
Examples "administer critical remarks to everyone present" "dole out some money" "shell out pocket money for the children" "deal a blow to someone" Used in print (Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)Eventually it became clear to me , partly with the aid of another schizophrenic patient who could point_out my condescension to me somewhat more directly , that this man , with his condescending , `` You 're welcome '' , was very accurately personifying an element of obnoxious condescension which had been present in my own demeanor , over these months , on each of these occasions when I had bid him good-bye with the consoling note , each time , that the healing Christ would be stooping_to dispense this succor to the poor suffered again on the morrow . (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)Jury , judge and executioner were riding the range in the form of a single unknown figure that could materialize anywhere , at any time , to dispense an ancient brand of justice the men of the new West had believed long outdated . |
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[ verb ] grant a dispensation; grant an exemption
Examples "I was dispensed from this terrible task" Related terms |
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[ verb ] give or apply, as of medications
Synonyms Related terms treat give inject digitalize digitalize transfuse administration dispensation dispensation give |
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