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1021 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSABLENESS.1 (Noah Webster)
DISPENSABLENESS, n. The capability of being dispensed with.
1022 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSARY.1 (Noah Webster)
DISPENSARY, n. A house, place or store, in which medicines are dispensed to the poor, and medical advice given, gratis.
1023 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSATION.1 (Noah Webster)
DISPENSATION, n. [L. See Dispense .]
1024 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSATION.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Distribution; the act of dealing out to different persons or places; as the dispensation of water indifferently to all parts of the earth.
1025 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSATION.4 (Noah Webster)
Neither are Gods methods or intentions different in his dispensations to each private man.
1026 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSATION.5 (Noah Webster)
… to dispense with the canons of the church, but has no right to grant dispensations to the injury of a third person.
1027 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSATION.6 (Noah Webster)
A dispensation was obtained to enable Dr. Barrow to marry.
1028 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSATION.7 (Noah Webster)
4. That which is dispensed or bestowed; a system of principles and rites enjoined; as the Mosaic dispensation; the gospel dispensation; including, the former the Levitical law and rites; the latter the scheme of redemption by Christ.
1029 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSATIVE.1 (Noah Webster)
DISPENSATIVE, a. Granting dispensation.
1030 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSATIVELY.1 (Noah Webster)
DISPENSATIVELY, adv. By dispensation.
1031 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSATORY.1 (Noah Webster)
DISPENSATORY, n. [L.] One whose employment is to deal out or distribute; a distributor; a dispenser; the latter word is generally used.
1032 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSATORY.2 (Noah Webster)
DISPENSATORY, a. Having power to grant dispensations.
1033 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSE.1 (Noah Webster)
DISPENSE, v.t. dispens. [L., to weigh, primarily to move; and perhaps the original idea of expending was to weigh off, or to distribute by weight.]
1034 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSE.2 (Noah Webster)
… provisions to every man, according to his directions. The society dispenses medicines to the poor gratuitously or at first cost. God dispenses his …
1035 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSE.4 (Noah Webster)
While you dispense the laws and guide the state.
1036 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSE.5 (Noah Webster)
To dispense with,
1037 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSE.6 (Noah Webster)
… , to dispense with the law, in favor of a friend; I cannot dispense with the conditions of the covenant. So we say, to dispense with oaths; to dispense with forms …
1038 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSE.7 (Noah Webster)
2. To excuse from; to give leave not to do or observe what is required or commanded. The court will dispense with your attendance, or with you compliance.
1039 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSE.8 (Noah Webster)
… can dispense with my cloke. In this application, the phrase has an allusion to the requisitions of law or necessity; the thing dispensed with being supposed …
1040 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPENSE.9 (Noah Webster)
I could not dispense with myself from making a voyage to Caprea. [Not to be imitated.]