To distribute or dispense; to deal out in portions.
From Latin 'dispensare': 'dis-' (apart) + 'pensare' (to weigh, pay). A rare or archaic variant of 'dispense'.
This verb is almost never used in modern English, but it preserves the original Latin sense of carefully weighing and distributing—like an apothecary measuring out precise doses.
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