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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

dispensing

Hi,
What does 'dispensing' here mean? I think the phrase 'dispensing with' means 'do without', but what does 'dispensing' mean?

He has a crusader's intensity, rarely cracking a smile and dispensing of the politician's need to win over a visitor.
  

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It is a misuse. /

  • It is a misuse.
  • /
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It is a misuse. The correct collocation is "dispense with", not "dispense of"./

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