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Manage without, forgo, as in We can dispense with the extra help. Shakespeare had this idiom in Timon of Athens (3:2): “Men must learn now with pity to dispense.” [c. 1600]

Get rid of, do away with, as in The European Union is trying to dispense with tariff barriers. [Late 1500s]

Exempt one from a law, promise, or obligation, as in He asked the court to dispense with swearing on the Bible. This usage originally applied to religious obligations (to which the Pope granted dispensation). [Early 1500s]

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How to use dispense with in a sentence

But he was always uncommonly gracious, a truly gentle man, willing to dispense wisdom and perspective when asked.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America|John Avlon|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The question is not whether they are right or wrong but why they feel an impulse to dispense their advice in the first place.
America’s Meddlers Are Our Worst Enemies|Stefan Beck|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead of the eight flavors a typical fountain could dispense, they might want 15 or 20.
Font of Invention||September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Caiman offers a range of option packages, from bristling-with-machine-guns, to monster-truck-field-hospital.
Why Does My Kids’ Elementary School Need a Tank?|Andy Hinds|September 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He referred to this risky state of affairs as “the babushka-with-uranium-in-the-chicken-shed” problem.
Fired From Los Alamos for Pushing Obama's Nuclear Agenda|Center for Public Integrity|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With his pipe he would not dispense, and he always took two or three puffs, at least, before undertaking anything.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Divinely precious and infinitely perfect as it is, there is no part of it with which he can dispense.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
She belonged to that ultra-modern school which scorns to sue masculine admiration, but which cannot dispense with it nevertheless.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
There were very few days during our entire summer's tour when one could dispense with cloaks and overcoats.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
The little shoe, whose silken laces had become loose in walking, lay in the road covered-with dust.
Honey-Bee|Anatole France

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