'Dole' definitions:
Definition of 'dole'
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Definition of 'Dole'
From: GCIDE
- Dole \Dole\ (d[=o]l), n. [OE. deol, doel, dol, OF. doel, fr. doloir to suffer, fr. L. dolere; perh. akin to dolare to hew.] grief; sorrow; lamentation. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- And she died. So that day there was dole in Astolat. -- Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dole'
From: GCIDE
- Dole \Dole\ (d[=o]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doled (d[=o]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Doling.] To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly. [1913 Webster]
- The supercilious condescension with which even his reputed friends doled out their praises to him. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dole'
From: GCIDE
- Dole \Dole\, n. [L. dolus: cf. F. dol.] (Scots Law) See Dolus. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dole'
From: GCIDE
- Dole \Dole\, n. [AS. d[=a]l portion; same word as d[=ae]l. See Deal.]
- 1. Distribution; dealing; apportionment. [1913 Webster]
- At her general dole, Each receives his ancient soul. -- Cleveland. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Alms; charitable gratuity or portion. [1913 Webster]
- So sure the dole, so ready at their call, They stood prepared to see the manna fall. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Heaven has in store a precious dole. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A boundary; a landmark. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A void space left in tillage. --[Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- Dole beer, beer bestowed as alms. [Obs.]
- Dole bread, bread bestowed as alms. [Obs.]
- Dole meadow, a meadow in which several persons have a common right or share.
- on the dole, receiving financial assistance from a governmental agency, such as a welfare agency; as, after his unemployment benefits ran out, his family was on the dole for a year. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'dole'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accord,
- ace,
- adjunct,
- administer,
- administration,
- adversity,
- affliction,
- afford,
- aid,
- alimony,
- allocate,
- allocation,
- allot,
- allotment,
- allow,
- allowance,
- alms,
- alms fee,
- anguish,
- annuity,
- apportion,
- apportionment,
- assistance,
- atom,
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- bestow,
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- big end,
- bigger half,
- bit,
- bite,
- bounty,
- budget,
- care,
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- commission,
- communicate,
- compensation,
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- confer,
- contingent,
- contretemps,
- contribution,
- cross section,
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- dab,
- deal,
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- depletion allowance,
- destiny,
- detachment,
- detail,
- disbursal,
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- dish out,
- dispensation,
- dispense,
- disperse,
- dispersion,
- disposal,
- dispose,
- disposition,
- distribute,
- distribution,
- dividend,
- division,
- dole out,
- doling,
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- donate,
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- dot,
- dram,
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- dwarf,
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- extend,
- farthing,
- fate,
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- gobbet,
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- granule,
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- grief,
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- old-age insurance,
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- proffer,
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- public assistance,
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- quadrant,
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- sample,
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- scholarship,
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- short allowance,
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- shower,
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- snow,
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- spoon out,
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- stake,
- starvation wages,
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- stock,
- subdivision,
- subgroup,
- subscription,
- subsidization,
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- subspecies,
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- tax benefit,
- tender,
- thimbleful,
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- tithe,
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- tragedy,
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- votive offering,
- vouchsafe,
- welfare,
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- whit,
- woe,
- yield