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<hw>Dis*peed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>speed</ets>.]</ety> <def>To send off with speed; to dispatch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Knolles.</i>

<blockquote>Then they <b>dispeeded</b> themselves of the Cid and of their mother-in-law, Do<?/a Ximena. <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dispel</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*pel"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dispelled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dispelling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>dispellere</ets>; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>pellere</ets> to push, drive. See <er>Pulse</er> a beating.]</ety> <def>To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; <as>as, to <ex>dispel</ex> a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions</as>.</def>

<blockquote>[Satan] gently raised their fainting courage, and <b>dispelled</b> their fears. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and <b>dispel</b> the night. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dispence</h1> <Xpage=428>

<hw>Dis*pence"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i. & n.</tt> <def>See <er>Dispense</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<h1>Dispend</h1> <Xpage=429>

<hw>Dis*pend"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>despendre</ets>, L. <ets>dispendere</ets> to weigh out, dispense; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>pendere</ets> to weigh. See <er>Pension</er>, <er>Spend</er>, and cf. <er>Dispense</er>.]</ety> <def>To spend; to lay out; to expend.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<blockquote>Able to <b>dispend</b> yearly twenty pounds and above. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dispender</h1> <Xpage=429>

<hw>Dis*pend"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who dispends or expends; a steward.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif (1 Cor. iv. 1).</i>

<h1>Dispensable</h1> <Xpage=429>

<hw>Dis*pen"sa*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>dispensabilis</ets>. See <er>Dispense</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Capable of being dispensed or administered.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Capable of being dispensed with.</def>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Dispensableness</h1> <Xpage=429>

<hw>Dis*pen"sa*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Quality of being dispensable.</def>

<h1>Dispensary</h1> <Xpage=429>

<hw>Dis*pen"sa*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dispensaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dispensaire</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A dispensatory.</def>