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Webster 1913 Edition
Dispenser
Dis-pens′er
,Noun.
One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer;
as, a
. dispenser
of favorsWebster 1828 Edition
Dispenser
DISPENSER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
dispenser
dispenser
English
Noun
dispenser (plural dispensers)
- Something or someone that dispenses things.
- 2014 October 30, Ben Brantley, “When the head leads the heart: 'The Real Thing,' With Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal, opens on Broadway [print version: When the witty head is far ahead of the heart: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ewan McGregor star in revival of 'Real Thing', International New York Times, 4 November 2014, p. 9]”, in The New York Times:
- While we know – because the script tells us so – that the people we are watching are in love and in pain and in trouble, they never come across as more than dispensers of sparkling aperçus.
- An object used to dispense other items.
- a toilet-paper dispenser
- A person who makes up prescriptions, such as an optician or pharmacist.
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Translations
object used to dispense other items
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dispɑ̃se/
Verb
dispenser
- (transitive) to excuse, exempt (de from)
- (transitive, literary) to dispense, give out, radiate
- (transitive) to distribute, dispense
- (reflexive) to avoid, refrain (de from)
Conjugation
Conjugation of dispenser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | dispenser | avoir dispensé | |||||
| gerund | en dispensant | en ayant dispensé | |||||
| present participle | dispensant /dis.pɑ̃.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | dispensé /dis.pɑ̃.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | dispense /dis.pɑ̃s/ |
dispenses /dis.pɑ̃s/ |
dispense /dis.pɑ̃s/ |
dispensons /dis.pɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
dispensez /dis.pɑ̃.se/ |
dispensent /dis.pɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | dispensais /dis.pɑ̃.sɛ/ |
dispensais /dis.pɑ̃.sɛ/ |
dispensait /dis.pɑ̃.sɛ/ |
dispensions /dis.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
dispensiez /dis.pɑ̃.sje/ |
dispensaient /dis.pɑ̃.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | dispensai /dis.pɑ̃.se/ |
dispensas /dis.pɑ̃.sa/ |
dispensa /dis.pɑ̃.sa/ |
dispensâmes /dis.pɑ̃.sam/ |
dispensâtes /dis.pɑ̃.sat/ |
dispensèrent /dis.pɑ̃.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | dispenserai /dis.pɑ̃.sʁe/ |
dispenseras /dis.pɑ̃.sʁa/ |
dispensera /dis.pɑ̃.sʁa/ |
dispenserons /dis.pɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
dispenserez /dis.pɑ̃.sʁe/ |
dispenseront /dis.pɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | dispenserais /dis.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
dispenserais /dis.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
dispenserait /dis.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
dispenserions /dis.pɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
dispenseriez /dis.pɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
dispenseraient /dis.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | dispense /dis.pɑ̃s/ |
dispenses /dis.pɑ̃s/ |
dispense /dis.pɑ̃s/ |
dispensions /dis.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
dispensiez /dis.pɑ̃.sje/ |
dispensent /dis.pɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 |
dispensasse /dis.pɑ̃.sas/ |
dispensasses /dis.pɑ̃.sas/ |
dispensât /dis.pɑ̃.sa/ |
dispensassions /dis.pɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
dispensassiez /dis.pɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
dispensassent /dis.pɑ̃.sas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | dispense /dis.pɑ̃s/ |
— | dispensons /dis.pɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
dispensez /dis.pɑ̃.se/ |
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Related terms
- dispense
- dispensable
- dispensation
- dispensatoire
- dispensaire
- dépenser