† dispensiveadj.
Obsolete.
1. Characterized by or given to dispensing, spending, or distributing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective]
custyeOE
room-handeda1200
largea1225
free?c1225
plenteousc1350
bounteousc1374
liberalc1384
free-hearteda1398
ungnedea1400
royalc1405
opena1425
plentifula1475
profuse?a1475
ungrighta1475
lavishc1475
almifluent1477
prodigous1477
frank1484
bountiful1508
largifluent?a1525
munificent1565
magnificent1577
largeous1583
munifical1583
magnifical1586
free-handed1592
frolic1593
open-handed1593
magnific?1594
prodigal1595
goodwillya1598
communicativea1602
real1602
prodig1605
unniggard1605
generous1615
open-hearteda1617
large-handeda1628
unniggardly1628
fluent1633
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numerous1655
largifical1656
insordid1660
unsparing1667
dispensive1677
expensive1678
wasteful1701
flush1703
unboundeda1704
genteel1741
munific1745
magnifique1751
ungrudginga1774
unstinting1845
brickish1860
flaithulach1876
princely1889
outgiving1896
sharing1922
two-handed1929
1677 J. Crowne Destr. Jerusalem i. iii. i. 23 This Tempest comes from Heaven's dispensive hand.
2. Subject to dispensation.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > law > canon law > [adjective] > capable of being dispensed with
dispensive1590
dispensablea1631
dispensible1661
1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. G4 Tis superstition To stand so strictly on dispensiue faith.
3. = dispensative adj., dispensatory n.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [adjective] > freeing from liability or obligation
relaxatory1581
absolvatory1611
dispensative1621
dispensatory1635
dispensing1642
laxative1645
disobligatorya1649
exonerative1819
dispensive1828
1828 Westm. Rev. 9 7 In 1671 the king began to assume his dispensive power.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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