dispēnsō āvī, ātus, āre, to disburse, pay out: qui dispensat, the steward, Iu.: alquem eligere ad dispensandam pecuniam, as paymaster, N.
— To distribute, dispense, share: oscula suprema natos per omnīs, O.: inventa iudicio: rem: dispensari laetitia inter eius (populi) animos potuit, L.: mortalia fata, O.: consilium dispensandae victoriae, i. e. the fruits of victory, L.
—Fig., to manage, husband, adjust: (domesticas res): filum candelae, to trim, Iu.: (annum) intercalaribus mensibus interponendis, L.: recte, H.