Webster's Dictionary 1913

4429

Dispensary

Dis‐pen″sa‐ry (?), n.; pl.Dispensaries (#). [Cf. F. dispensaire.] 1. A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice a...

4430

Dispensation

Dis′pen‐sa″tion (?), n. [F. dispensation, L. dispensatio.] 1. The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, ...

4431

Dispensative

Dis‐pen″sa‐tive (?), a. [Cf. F. dispensatif.] Granting dispensation.

4432

Dispensatively

Dis‐pen″sa‐tive‐ly, adv. By dispensation. Wotton.

4433

Dispensator

Dis″pen‐sa′tor (?), n. A distributer; a dispenser. Bacon.

4434

Dispensatorily

Dis‐pen″sa‐to‐ri‐ly (?), adv. In the way of dispensation; dispensatively.

4435

Dispensatory

Dis‐pen″sa‐to‐ry (?), a. [L. dispensatorius relating to management. See Dispense, v. t.] Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations. “Dispensatory power.” Bp. Rainbow.

4436

Dispensatory (2)

Dis‐pen″sa‐to‐ry, n.; pl.Dispensatories (�). A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but n...

4437

Dispense

Dis‐pense″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dispensed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dispensing.] [F. dispenser, L. dispensare, intens. of dispendere. See Dispend.] 1. To deal out in portions; to d...

4438

Dispense (2)

Dis‐pense″, v. i. 1. To compensate; to make up; to make amends.One loving hourFor many years of sorrow can dispense. Spenser.2. To give dispensation.He can also dispense in all ...

4439

Dispense (3)

Dis‐pense″, n. [Cf. F. dispense dispensation. See Dispense, v. t.] Dispensation; exemption.

4440

Dispense (4)

Dis‐pense″, n. [OF. despense, F. dépense.] Expense; profusion; outlay.It was a vault built for great dispense. Spenser.

4441

Dispenser

Dis‐pens″er (?), n. One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.

4442

Dispeople

Dis‐peo″ple (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dispeopled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dispeopling (?).] [Pref. dis- + people: cf. F. dépeupler.] To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate.Leave the ...

4443

Dispeopler

Dis‐peo″pler (?), n. One who, or that which, dispeoples; a depopulator. Gay.

4444

Disperge

Dis‐perge″ (?), v. t. [L. dispergere. See Disperse.] To sprinkle.

4445

Dispermous

Di‐sper″mous (dī̍‐spẽr″mŭs), a. [Gr. δι- = δισ + σπέρμα seed, fr. σπείρειν to sow: cf. F. disperme.] (Bot.) Containing only two seeds; two-seeded.

4446

Disperple

Dis‐per″ple (?), v. t. [OF. desparpeulier.] To scatter; to sprinkle.Odorous water wasDisperpled lightly on my head and neck. Chapman.

4447

Dispersal

Dis‐per″sal (?), n. The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion. Darwin.

4448

Disperse

Dis‐perse″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dispersed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dispersing.] [L. dispersus, p. p. of dispergere to strew, scatter. See Sparse.] 1. To scatter abroad; to drive t...

4449

Disperse (2)

Dis‐perse″, v. i. 1. To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse.2. To distribute wealth; to share ...

4450

Dispersed

Dis‐persed″ (?), a. Scattered. — Dis‐pers″ed‐ly (#), adv. — Dis‐pers″ed‐ness, n.Dispersed harmony(Mus.), harmony in which the tones composing the chord are widely separated, as ...

4451

Disperseness

Dis‐perse″ness (?), n. Dispersedness.

4452

Disperser

Dis‐pers″er (?), n. One that disperses.

4453

Dispersion

Dis‐per″sion (?), n. [Cf. F. dispersion.] 1. The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retai...

4454

Dispersive

Dis‐pers″ive (?), a. Tending to disperse.Dispersive power(Opt.), the relative effect of a material in separating the different rays of light by refraction, as when the substance...

4455

Disperson'ate

Dis‐per″son'‐ate (?), v. t. To deprive of personality or individuality.We multiply; we dispersonate ourselves. Hare.