'To dispense with' definitions:

Definition of 'To dispense with'

From: GCIDE
  • Dispense \Dis*pense"\, v. i.
  • 1. To compensate; to make up; to make amends. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • One loving hour For many years of sorrow can dispense. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To give dispensation. [1913 Webster]
  • He [the pope] can also dispense in all matters of ecclesiastical law. --Addis & Arnold (Cath. Dict. ) [1913 Webster]
  • To dispense with. (a) To permit the neglect or omission of, as a form, a ceremony, an oath; to suspend the operation of, as a law; to give up, release, or do without, as services, attention, etc.; to forego; to part with. (b) To allow by dispensation; to excuse; to exempt; to grant dispensation to or for. [Obs.] "Conniving and dispensing with open and common adultery." --Milton. (c) To break or go back from, as one's word. [Obs.] --Richardson. [1913 Webster]

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