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† diˈspension Obs.
[n. of action from dispend: cf. OF. despension expense (Godef.).]
1. Spending; expenditure.
1630S. Lennard tr. Charron's Wisd. i. xxi. §1 (1670) 75 Their dispensions themselves..have a scent of Covetousness. 1684N. S. Crit. Enq. Edit. Bible xxv. 231 With what noyse, bustle, and dispension the diversities of Bibles came accompanied into England.
2. Suspension of a law; dispensation.
1483Cron. Eng. (1510) X v b/1 Iohn..wedded dame Blaunche..by dyspencyon of the pope. 1502Arnolde Chron. (1811) 82 To sue to y kynges grace for a dispencion of the acte of parlement late made to the contrarie. |