| 单词 | to dispense with |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto dispense with to dispense with [Originally the chief construction of the intransitive sense 4, = medieval Latin dispensare cum (see note under II.); which has become a verbal combination, with indirect passive to be dispensed with, and extensive development of sense.] I. to dispense with a person. a. To arrange administratively with (a person), so as to grant him relaxation or remission of penalty incurred by breach of law, or special exemption or release from a law or obligation; to let off from doing something; to exempt, excuse. reflexive. To excuse oneself, refrain or abstain from. ΚΠ c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 390 Her-to þai ben bounden..And þer may no man dispense with hem of þat boonde. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 86 Whan his fader was ded þe pope dispensid with him [sc. a monk], and made him wedde þe doutir of Charles. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. iiii To gether money..he had lycence of Pope Innocent the thyrde of yt name to dispence wt such as hym lykyd..for takynge vpon them the Crosse. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Biiiv God had dispensed wyth theym to haue manye wyues. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 104 He dispensed with a gentleman of Rome for his oath..never to divorce his wife, and gave him leave to put her away. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 251 I could not dispense with my self from making a little Voyage. 1728 T. Sheridan in tr. Persius Satyrs (1739) Ded. 6 I hope I shall be dispensed with, for studying Easiness of Style, rather than Elegance. 1775 S. Crisp Let. 8 May in F. Burney Early Diary (1889) II. 52 I cannot dispense with myself from giving you..my whole sentiments. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] accord?a1160 to make (a) finec1325 covenantc1330 compound1419 packc1450 patisec1475 conclude1477 compone1478 bargain1483 article1526 make1530 compact1535 to dispense with1569 temporize1579 to make termsa1599 to strike (a person) luck1599 to be compromised1600 compacka1618 stipulatea1648 to come to terms1657 sort1685 paction1725 to cry off1775 pact1904 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 117 Those Gualo reserued to his awne aucthoritie, and in the ende for great summes of money [he] dispensed with them. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) v. i. 179 Canst thou dispense with heauen for such an oath? View more context for this quotation 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iv. xix. 132 They [were] dispensed with for a Garrison, and the Forfeit of a hundred and fifty thousand Rix-Dollars. II. to dispense with a rule, obligation, requirement, etc. 2. To deal administratively with (a law or rule, ecclesiastical or civil) so as to relax or remit its penalty or obligation in a special case; to give special exemption or relief from. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of strictness > lessen in strictness or severity [verb (transitive)] > relax (rules) to dispense withc1380 excuse1646 waivea1665 to bend (also stretch) the rules1689 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 511 Þe pope may dispence wiþ þe reule of ech privat secte or religioun..but he may not dispense wiþ Cristis reule ȝoven to apostlis. 1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 35 When ye prayed him to dispense with the hardnesse of your order. a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in Poems (1998) I. 57 He had dispensit with matynnis channoun. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 69 Thys ys a grete faute..any one man to have such authoryte, to dyspense wyth the commyn lawys. a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) 30 Necessity dispenseth with the direct letter of a Statute law. 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. IV. 522 Either house of parliament might dispense with their own orders, whenever they thought fit. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xiv. 406 It was agreed..that the king could not dispense with the common law. 1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) xvi. 247 The right of the King to dispense with penal statutes. 3. To relax the obligation of (a vow, oath, promise, or the like); to dissolve, in a special case, the binding force of (an oath, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > be exempt from (a liability or obligation) [verb (transitive)] > remit (an obligation) quitc1300 remit1405 pardon1433 to dispense with1530 dispense1532 mitigate1651 1530 W. Tyndale Pract. Prelates sig. Hvijv If this maryage be of god, the pope can not dispence with it. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 15 b His humour was pacified, his oth was dispenst with. a1618 W. Raleigh Disc. Warre in Wks. (1829) VIII. 266 How few kingdoms are there, wherein, by dispensing with oaths, absolving subjects from allegiance..the popes have not wrought innumerable mischiefs. 1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. iv. 112 There needs no Pope to dispense with the people's Oaths. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. vii. 117 The king's vow of pilgrimage was dispensed with. 1883 J. A. Froude in Contemp. Rev. 44 13 A safe-conduct had not saved Huss, and Popes could dispense with promises. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > not do [verb (transitive)] > leave undone or fail to carry out letc900 overheaveOE forsakec1175 missa1350 leavea1375 fail1393 forgeta1400 omit?c1422 pretermit1475 neglect1533 to dispense with1559 permit1567 overrun1583 slip1592 default1649 to miss of ——1658 to fail of1723 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > refrain from using or doing > dispense with (ceremony, etc.) dispensec1420 to dispense with1559 waive1781 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Warwick vi With his fayth he past not to dispence. 1607 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 85 To resume that duty which I have so long dispensed with. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. i. 45 Hang the trifle (woman) take the honour: what is it? dispence with trifles: what is it? View more context for this quotation 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. iv. xviii. 130 It seems, that..men may dispense with their faith or word given, even upon meer doubts. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xx. 74 I never knew her dispense with her word, but once. 5. To do away with (a requirement, need, or necessity); to render unnecessary or superfluous. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > do without or get rid of to set awayc1430 to throw off1551 to dispense with1576 to down with1581 to fling off1587 to fob offa1616 shoot1877 1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 255 [A Translation] short also, and not tedious, which dispenseth with all maner of cares and businesse. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 219 The Vse of their Seruice dispenseth with the rest. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. ix. 166 Guilt or Injury..does not dispense with or supersede the Duty of Love and Good-will. 1875 F. Hall in Lippincott's Monthly Mag. 15 341/1 Familiar facts dispense with all need to draw on the imagination. 1892 Law Times 94 104/1 The possession given on the marriage day..dispensed with the necessity of a writing. 6. To excuse or put up with the absence or want of (a thing or person); to forgo, do without. (The opposite of 16.) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > do without or dispense with forbearc900 forgoa1175 aspare1377 dispensec1420 missa1450 renouncec1480 sparea1525 afford?1560 free1561 egar1584 suspense1584 dispend1614 to dispense witha1616 waive1669 a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. ii. 87 Men must learne now with pitty to dispence. 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §3 At the sight of a Crosse or Crucifix I can dispense with my hat, but scarse with the thought or memory of my Saviour. View more context for this quotation 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxiii. 325 Won't you, Sir, dispense with me, on this Occasion? 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xii. 301 Let us dispense with compliments. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. i. 68 No genius can dispense with experience. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §8. 105 Resources which enabled him to dispense with the military support of his tenants. III. to dispense with a breach of law, fault, offence, objectionable matter, etc. ΚΠ 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ij The whiche mariage, was dispensed with by Pope July, at the request of her father. a1554 J. Croke tr. Thirteen Psalms (1844) xxxii. 8 Vppon me then thou wolt take ruthe, And with my faults clerely dispense. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 134 In such kind of marriages with which it hath not been wont to be dispensed, the children cannot prosper. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 136 Nature dispenses with the deede so farre, That it becomes a vertue. View more context for this quotation 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. G5 The reader will be pleas'd to dispence with this little digression. 1716 J. Addison Free-holder No. 43 His Religion, which dispenses with the Violation of the most sacred Engagements. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) v. sig. Pp4v I woulde and coulde dispence with these difficulties. 1660 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 366 Though they lately hated a square cap, yet now they could dispense with one. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 158 Yea, [they] can dispense with Hogs flesh and account it a dainty. 1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vii. 133 Some Trades require a deeper, others may dispense with a shallower Shop. 1755 Colman & Thornton in Connoisseur No. 91. ⁋5 My pantry is stored with more provisions than we can dispense with. 1796 S. Pegge Anonymiana (1809) 460 I can dispense with it, i.e. I can do with it; and, I can dispense with it, i.e. I can do without it. < as lemmas |
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