Etymograph

English

redispense

From re- + dispense.

Formed from re- + dispense

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Latin pendere ‘to weigh’

Latin dispendere ‘to weigh out’

Latin dispēnsāre ‘to weigh out, pay out, distribute, regulate,…’

Old French dispenser

English dispense

Today it means

verb To dispense again.

Sources

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