Past tense of dispense
regular verb
The past tense of dispense is dispensed. The past participle is also dispensed.
Forms of dispense
| Base form (V1) | dispense /dɪˈspɛns/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | dispensed |
| Past participle (V3) | dispensed |
| Present participle | dispensing |
| Third person singular | dispenses |
Dispensed in a sentence
- The pharmacist dispensed my tablets.
- Every spring, the passive aggressive archbishop suffered from a brief flu that dispensed him from needing to provide Easter service to the king.
- The vending machine went wrong and dispensed five cans of drink at once.From the entry go wrong
- We poured a bucket of water in at the top, and the ice-maker dispensed a batch of ice-cubes at the bottom.From the entry batch
- In an age of perennially rising home prices, these tedious details could be dispensed with.2007 February 1, Edward Chancellor, “Ponzi nation”, in Institutional Investor. From the entry ninja loan
Meaning of dispense
- verb To issue, distribute, or give out.
- verb To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.
- verb To supply or make up a medicine or prescription.
Questions about the past tense of dispense
- What is the past tense of dispense?
- The past tense of dispense is dispensed.
- What is the past participle of dispense?
- The past participle of dispense is dispensed.
- Is dispense a regular or irregular verb?
- Dispense is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dispense (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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