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dispensable (adj.)
1530s, "subject to dispensation," from Medieval Latin
dispensabilis
, from Latin
dispensare
"disburse, administer, distribute (by weight)" (see
dispense
). Meaning "that can be done without" is from 1640s. Related:
Dispensability
.
