Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Dispensá-re, v. a.
1. to distribute, divide, share;2. to dispense, to exempt from the ordinary rule; 3. to govern, watch over; 4. to employ;5. to provide; v. r. to dispense with, omit;s. m. Dispensá-tóre, f. Dispensá-tríce; adj. Dispensá-nte.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
dispensare: to dispence with, to dispose, to order, to distribute. Also to spend, to defray, to discharge, to finde one meat and drinke.
