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DISPENSATIVE a.
Granting dispensation.
DISPENSATIVELY adv.
By dispensation. Wotton.
DISPENSATOR n.
A distributer; a dispenser. Bacon.
DISPENSATORILY adv.
In the way of dispensation; dispensatively.
DISPENSATORY a. 2 definitions
Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations. "Dispensatory power." Bp. Rainbow.
DISPENSE v. 8 definitions
To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott.
DISPENSER n.
One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.
DOTTING PEN n.
See under Pun.
EARLES PENNY n.
Earnest money. Same as Arles penny. [Obs.]
ENRIPEN v.
To ripen. [Obs.] Donne.
EPEN n.
See Epencephalon.
EPENCEPHALIC a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to the epencephalon.
EPENCEPHALON n.
the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen.
EPENDYMA n.
ithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the canal of the spinal cord; endyma; ependymis.
EPENDYMIS n.
See Ependyma.
EPENETIC a.
Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory. [Obs.] E. Phillips.
EPENTHESIS n.
The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in "nimble" from AS. nemol.
EPENTHETIC a.
Inserted in the body of a word; as, an epenthetic letter or sound.
EQUIPENDENCY n.
The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not inclined or determined either way. South.
EQUIPENSATE v.
To weigh equally; to esteem alike. [Obs.]
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