Dispense :
Dispense - (verb)
to give out to a number of people
1. A judge dispenses justice.
2. This machine dispenses coffee.
Dispense : to mix and give out (medicine)
1. The compounder dispenses medicine.
Dispense with - to do without or to manage to exist without
1. We shall have to dispense with the van. We can not afford it.
Dispense with : to make unnecessary (or) to allow the lack of
1. I dispensed with the services of my servant.
2. The new computer system will dispense with need for keeping files.
Note : Sometimes a verb is followed by a preposition. Sometimes, a verb is followed by no preposition. But the meaning is not that same in both the cases.
A preposition is capable of altering the meaning of a verb.
Note the examples above.
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