dispense
/dɪˈspens/dih-SPENS
/dɪˈspɛns/dih-SPENS
Meaningto weigh out
Common meaning: to give out
Other meanings: to do without (with “with”)
- disapart, away; not
- penseto weigh; to hangLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1328 · scan
‘apart, away’ + ‘to weigh’ → dispense
Journey through time
- Latindispensare‘to weigh out’source
- Englishdispense‘to give out’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin pendō; pendeō ‘to weigh’.
Roots
- pendō; pendeō Latin “to weigh; to hang”
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