despenser2 (s.xiiim)
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despenser2 (s.xiiim)

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[ FEW: 3,98a dispensare; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,392a dispenser; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  dispenser; TLF: ∅; OED:  dispense v.; MED:  dispensen v.; DMLBS: 688c dispensare ]
dispenser  

v.a.

1to dispense: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiim )  envoiastes les apostles par tot le mund pur despenser les sacremenz  217.20
2to absolve (from): 
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  le dit meastre Johan [de Wyclyff] comensa a declarer avaunt les comunes [...] qe Dieu mesmes ne purroit despenser de dett  123.35
( 1402 )  le Roi [...] voet dispenser par sa discretion [...]  iii 491
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