Index of English words, starting with "di"

(1) - Dispensatory (n.) A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacop/ia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government.
(2) - Dispensatory (v. t.) Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.

(1) - Dispense (n.) Expense; profusion; outlay.
(2) - Dispense (v. t.) Dispensation; exemption.
(3) - Dispense (v. i.) To give dispensation.
(4) - Dispense (v. i.) To compensate; to make up; to make amends.
(5) - Dispense (v. t.) To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from.
(6) - Dispense (v. t.) To pay for; to atone for.
(7) - Dispense (v. t.) To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.
(8) - Dispense (v. t.) To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines.

(1) - Dispenser (n.) One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.

(1) - Dispersal (n.) The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion.