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DISPA'RT,/. in gunnery, a mark fet upon the muz¬ 
zle-ring of a piece of ordnance, of fuch height, that a 
light-line taken from the top of the bafe-ring near the 
vent or touch-hole to the top of the difpart near the 
muzzle, may be parallel to the axis of the concave cy¬ 
linder; for which reafon it is evident that the height of 
the difpart is equal to the difference between the radii 
of the piece at the bafe and muzzle-rings, or to half the 
difference of the diameters there. Hence the common me¬ 
thod ofdifparting the gun, which is this : Take, with the 
callipers, the two diameters, viz. of the bafe-ring and the 
place where the difpart is to ftand, fubtragt the lefs from 
the greater, and take half the difference ; for this will be 
the length of the difpart, which is commonly cut to that 
length from a fmall bit of wood, and then fixed upright 
in its place with a bit of wax or pitch. 
DISPAS'SION, f. Freedom from mental perturba¬ 
tion ; exemption from paffion.—'What is called by the 
ll> ics apathy, or difpajfion, is called by the fceptics indif- 
turbance, by the mol-enifts quietifm, by common men 
peace df confidence. Temple. 
DISPAS'SION ATE, adj. Cool; calm; impartial; 
moderate; temperate: it was fometimes written difpaf- 
Jionated. —You have, as all difpafionated men may judge, 
fulfilled the poet’s definition of madnefs. Dr. Maine .— 
Wife and difpajjionate men thought he had been proceeded 
with very juftly. Clarendon. 
DIS'PATCH. See Despatch. 
To DISPAU'PER, v. a. in law, is when a perfon, by 
reafon of his poverty, is admitted to fue in forma pauperis ; 
if, afterwards, before' the luit is ended, the fame party 
have any lands or "perfonal eftate fallen to him, or he 
guilty of any thing whereby he is liable to have this pri¬ 
vilege taken from him, then he is put out of the capacity 
of fining in forma pauperis, and is faid to be difpaupered. 
To DISPEL', v. a. \_difpello, Lat.] To drive by Mat¬ 
tering; to diflipate.—When the fpirit brings light into 
our minds, it dfpcls dark tiers : we, fee it, as we do that of 
the fun at noon, and need not the twilight of reafon to 
fhew it. Locke. 
If the night 
Have gather’d aught of evil, or conceal’d, 
Difperfe it, as now light dijpels the dark. Milton. 
DISPE'NCE,/ [Fr.] Expence; coll; charge: 
It was a vault ybitilt for great difpence, 
With many rangej rear’d along the wall. Spenfcr. 
Profufton.—Dealing his dreadful blows with large dif- 
pcnce. Spenfer. 
To DISPE'ND, v. a. \_difpendo, Lat.] To fpend ; to 
confume ; to expend.—Of their commodities they were 
now fcarCe able to difpend the third part. Spenfer. 
DISPEN'SARY, f. The place where medicines are 
difpenfed.—To thee the lov’d difp ns’ry I refign. Garth. 
DISPENSATION,/. [fxowX difpenfatio, Lat. ] Diftri- 
bution; the act of dealing out any thing.—This perpe¬ 
tual circulation is conftantly promoted by a difpenfation 
of water promifcuoully and indifferently to all parts of 
the earth. Woodward .—The dealing of God with his 
creatures; method of providence; diftribution of good 
and evil.—God delights in the mini (tries of his own 
choice, and the methods of grace, in the economy of 
heaven, and the difpenfations of eternal happinefs. Tay¬ 
lor .—Neither are God’s methods or intentions different 
in his difpenfations to each private man. Rogers. 
Do thou, my foul, the deftin’d period wait, 
When God (hall folve the dark decrees of fate ; 
His now unequal difpenfations clear, 
And make all wife and beautiful appear. Tickell. 
An exemption from fome law ; a permiffion to do fome- 
thing forbidden ; an allowance to omit fomething com¬ 
manded.—A difpenj'ation was obtained to enable Dr. Bar- 
row to marry. Ward. 
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DISPENSA'TOR,/! [Lat.] One employed in dealing 
out any thing ; a diftributer.—As her majefly hath made 
them dfpenjators of her favour towards her people, fo it 
behoveth them to fhew themfelves equal diftributers of 
the fame. Bacon. 
DISPEN'S ATOR.Y, f. A book in which the com- 
pofition of medicines is deferibed and. direfled ; in the 
Greek,a pharmacopeia. The firft Difpenfatoryeverknown, 
was that of .Valerius Cordus, publiflied at Noriberg, in 
1535.—Our materia medica is large enough ; and, to look 
into our difpenfatories, one would think no difeafe incura¬ 
ble. Baker. 
To DISPE'NSE, v. a. \_dfpcnfer, Fr.] To make up a 
medicine. To deal out; to diftribute..—Thofe to whom 
ChrifI has committed th e difpenjing of his gofpel. Decay 
of Piety. 
To them but earth-born life they did difpcnfe ; 
To us, for mutual aid, celeftial lenfe. Tate. 
To Dispense with. To excufe ; to grant difpenfa- 
tion for; to allow : before things.—Rules of words may 
b e difpenfed witk. Watts. 
To fave a brother’s life, 
Nature difperfes with the deed. Shakefpeare. 
[Before perfons.] To fet free from an obligation. This 
conftruifiio.n feems ungrammatical.—I could not difpenfe 
with myfelf from making a voyage to Caprea. Addifon. 
To obtain a difpenfation from ; to come to agreement 
with. This ftnufhire is irregular, unlefs it be here fup- 
pofed to mean, as it may, to difeount; to pay an equi¬ 
valent : 
Haft thou not fworn allegiance unto, me ? 
Canft thou difpenfe with heav’n for fuch an oath ? Shakef. 
DISPE'NSE,/! Difpenfation; exemption: notinufe: 
Then reliques, beads, 
Indulgences, difpenjes, pardons, bulls, 
The fport of winds. Milton. 
D[SPEN'SER,/i One that difpenfes; one that deals 
out any thing ; a diftributer.—Thofe who ftand before 
earthly princes, who are the difpenfers of their favours, 
and conveyors of their will to others, challenge high ho¬ 
nours, Atterbury. 
To DISPE'OPLE, v. a. To depopulate; to empty of 
people. — Conflagrations, and great droughts, do not 
merely dif people, but deftroy. Bacon. 
Kings, furious and fevere, 
Who claim’d the ikies, difpeopled air and floods, 
The lonely lords of empty wilds and woods. Pope. 
DISPE'OPLER,/! A depo pula tor; a waller : 
Nor drain I ponds the golden carp to take; 
Nor trowlq for pikes, dfpeoplers of the lake. Gay. 
To DISPE'RGE, v. a. \_diJpergo } L-,ut.~\ To fprinkle$ 
to fcatter. Shakefpeare. 
DISPER'MOUS, adj. [from the Gr. & f , twice, and 
c- 7 rsfjj.a, a feed.] In botany; having two feeds produced 
from each flower. 
To DISPER'SE, v. a. [ dfperfus , Lat.] To fcatter; to 
drive to different parts.—And I Mattered them among 
the heathen, and they were difperfed through the coun¬ 
tries. Ezek. xxxvi. 19.—To diflipate.—Soldiers, dijperfe 
yourfelves. Shakefpeare 
If the night • 
Have gather’d aught of evil, or conceal’d, 
Dijperfe it, as now light difpels the dirk. Milton. 
To deal about; to diftribute.—Being a king that loved 
wealth, he could not endure to have trade fick ; nor any 
obftriM'rion to continue inThe gate vein which dijperJ'etk 
that blood. Bacon. 
DISPER'bEDI.Y, adv. In a difperfed manner ; fepa- 
rately.—The exquilite wits of fome few, peradventure* 
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