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‖prop. n. [ L., the name of a fish. ] (Zool.) A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. See Sturgeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The natural family of fish including the sturgeons.
Syn. -- family Acipenseridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ F. compenser. See Compensate. ] To compensate. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dispensed p. pr. & vb. n. Dispensing. ] [ F. dispenser, L. dispensare, intens. of dispendere. See Dispend. ] 1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct. [ 1913 Webster ]

While you dispense the laws, and guide the state. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To pay for; to atone for. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His sin was dispensed
With gold, whereof it was compensed. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was resolved that all members of the House who held commissions, should be dispensed from parliamentary attendance. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

He appeared to think himself born to be supported by others, and dispensed from all necessity of providing for himself. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To compensate; to make up; to make amends. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

One loving hour
For many years of sorrow can dispense. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give dispensation. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ the pope ] can also dispense in all matters of ecclesiastical law. Addis & Arnold (Cath. Dict. ) [ 1913 Webster ]

To dispense with. (a) To permit the neglect or omission of, as a form, a ceremony, an oath; to suspend the operation of, as a law; to give up, release, or do without, as services, attention, etc.; to forego; to part with. (b) To allow by dispensation; to excuse; to exempt; to grant dispensation to or for. [ Obs. ] “Conniving and dispensing with open and common adultery.” Milton. (c) To break or go back from, as one's word. [ Obs. ] Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dispense dispensation. See Dispense, v. t. ] Dispensation; exemption. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. despense, F. dépense. ] Expense; profusion; outlay. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It was a vault built for great dispense. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. distributed or weighed out in carefully determined portions; as, medicines dispensed to the sick. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. expensa (sc. pecunia), or expensum, fr. expensus, p. p. of expendere. See Expend. ] 1. A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Husband nature's riches from expense. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; -- sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls; as, the expenses of war; an expense of time. [ 1913 Webster ]

Courting popularity at his party's expense. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Loss. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And moan the expense of many a vanished sight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Expense magazine (Mil.), a small magazine containing ammunition for immediate use. H. L. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of expense; costly; chargeable. [ R. ] Sir H. Wotton. -- Ex*pense"ful*ly, adv. [R.] -- Ex*pense"ful*ness, n. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without cost or expense. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Misspense. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A spending improperly; a wasting. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ etc. } (Accounting) Those general charges or expenses in any business which cannot be charged up as belonging exclusively to any particular part of the work or product, as where different kinds of goods are made, or where there are different departments in a business; -- called also fixed charges, establishment charges, or (in a manufacturing business) administration charges, selling charges, and distribution charges, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A pencel. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. pre + F. penser to think. See Pansy. ] To weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate. [ Obs. ] Spenser. Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To deliberate beforehand. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Pansy, and cf. Prepense, v. t. ] Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; -- usually placed after the word it qualifies; as, malice prepense. [ 1913 Webster ]

This has not arisen from any misrepresentation or error prepense. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a premeditated manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. propensus, p. p. See Propend. ] Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Recompensed p. pr. & vb. n. Recompensing ] [ F. récompenser, LL. recompensare, fr.L. pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See Compensate. ] 1. To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate. [ 1913 Webster ]

He can not recompense me better. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to atone for; to pay for. [ 1913 Webster ]

God recompenseth the gift. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

To recompense
My rash, but more unfortunate, misdeed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Rom. xii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To repay; requite; compensate; reward; remunerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To give recompense; to make amends or requital. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. récompense. ] An equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable return. [ 1913 Webster ]

To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense. Deut. xxii. 35. [ 1913 Webster ]

And every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward. Heb. ii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Repayment; compensation; remuneration; amends; satisfaction; reward; requital. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Recompense; requital. [ Obs. ] Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who recompenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

A thankful recompenser of the benefits received. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; -- specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem “The Faërie Queene.” [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. suspens, L. suspensus, p. p. of suspendere. See Suspend. ] 1. Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The great light of day ] suspense in heaven. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressing, or proceeding from, suspense or doubt. [ Obs. ] “Expectation held his look suspense.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From F. suspens, a. See Suspense, a. ] 1. The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person waiting for the verdict of a jury. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ten days the prophet in suspense remained. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon the ticklish balance of suspense. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cessation for a time; stop; pause. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cool suspense from pleasure and from pain. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Cf. F. suspense. ] (Law) A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suspense account (Bookkeeping), an account in which receipts or disbursements are temporarily entered until their proper position in the books is determined. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In suspense. [ Obs. ] Hales. [ 1913 Webster ]