Search for: Dispensation
2441 Etymology dictionary, p. administration (n.).2
… or dispensing;" late 14c., "management (of a business, property, etc.), act of administering," from Latin administrationem (nominative administratio ) "aid, help, cooperation …
2442 Etymology dictionary, p. antinomian (n.).2
… the dispensation of grace, the moral law is not binding on Christians," 1640s, from Medieval Latin Antinomi, name given to a sect of this sort that arose in Germany …
2443 Etymology dictionary, p. basilica (n.).2
… who dispensed justice there. The word is thus from the fem. adjective of basileus "king" (see Basil ).
2444 Etymology dictionary, p. butler (n.).2
… the dispenser of the cup of Mercy.
2445 Etymology dictionary, p. deal (v.).2
… , bestow, dispense," and also "take part in, have to do with," from Proto-Germanic *dailjanan (source also of Old Saxon deljan, Old Frisian dela "to divide, distribute …
2446 Etymology dictionary, p. dispensable (adj.).1
dispensable (adj.)
2447 Etymology dictionary, p. dispensable (adj.).2
1530s, "subject to (ecclesiastical) dispensation, excusable, pardonable," from Medieval Latin dispensabilis, from Latin dispensare "disburse, administer, distribute (by weight)" (see dispense ).
2448 Etymology dictionary, p. dispensable (adj.).3
Meaning "that can be done without" is from 1640s; that of "capable of being administered" is from 1670s. Later senses in some cases might be directly from dispense. Related: Dispensability .
2449 Etymology dictionary, p. dispenser (n.).1
dispenser (n.)
2450 Etymology dictionary, p. dispenser (n.).2
… Latin dispensator, agent noun from dispensare "disburse, administer, distribute (by weight);" see dispense. Meaning "a container that dispenses in fixed measure …
2451 Etymology dictionary, p. dispense (v.).1
dispense (v.)
2452 Etymology dictionary, p. dispense (v.).2
… French dispenser "give out" (13c.), from Latin dispensare "disburse, administer, distribute (by weight)," frequentative of dispendere "pay out," from dis- "out" (see dis …
2453 Etymology dictionary, p. dispense (v.).3
… . Related: Dispensed; dispensing .
2454 Etymology dictionary, p. dispensation (n.).1
dispensation (n.)
2455 Etymology dictionary, p. dispensation (n.).2
… of dispensing or dealing out," also "a relaxation of the law in some particular case," from Old French despensacion (12c., Modern French dispensation ) and directly …
2456 Etymology dictionary, p. dispensary (n.).2
… are dispensed," 1690s, from Medieval Latin dispensarius, as a noun, "one who dispenses," from Latin dispensare "disburse, administer, distribute (by weight);" frequentative …
2457 Etymology dictionary, p. do (v.).5
… without "dispense with" is from 1713. Expression do or die indicating determination to succeed despite dangers or obstacles is attested from 1620s.
2458 Etymology dictionary, p. dry (adj.).4
… those dispensed in dry, not liquid, measure. Dry land (that not under the sea) is from early 13c. Dry-nurse "nurse who attends and feeds a child but does not suckle …
2459 Etymology dictionary, p. eschew (v.).2
… , avoid, dispense with," from Frankish *skiuhan "dread, avoid, shun," from Proto-Germanic *skeukhwaz (source also of Old High German sciuhen "to avoid, escape," German …
2460 Etymology dictionary, p. indispensable (adj.).2
… to dispensation," from Medieval Latin *indispensabilis, from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + dispensabilis, from Latin dispensare "disburse, administer, distribute …