DISPOSE, v.t. dispoze. [L.] 1. To set; to place or distribute; to arrange; used with reference to order. The ships were disposed in the form of a crescent. The general disposed his troops in three lines. The trees are disposed in the form of a quincunx.2. To regulate; to adjust; to set in right order. Job 34 and 37.The knightly forms of combat to dispose.3. To apply to a particular purpose; to give; to place; to bestow; as, you have disposed much in works of public piety. In this sense, to dispose of is more generally used.4. To set, place or turn to a particular end or consequence.Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose to future good our past and present woes.5. To adapt; to form for any purpose.Then must thou thee dispose another way.6. To set the mind in a particular frame; to incline. Avarice disposes men to fraud and oppression.Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy.He was disposed to pass into Achaia. Acts 18. 1 Corinthians 10:27.To dispose of, 1. To part with; to alienate; as, the man has disposed of his house, and removed.2. To part with to another; to put into anothers hand or power; to bestow; as, the father has disposed of his daughter to a man of great worth.3. To give away or transfer by authority.A rural judge disposed of beautys prize.4. To direct the course of a thing. Proverbs 16.5. To place in any condition; as, how will you dispose of your son?6. To direct what to do or what course to pursue; as, they know not how to dispose of themselves.7. To use or employ; as, they know not how to dispose of their time.8. To put away. The stream supplies more water than can be disposed of.DISPOSE, v.i. To bargain; to make terms. DISPOSE, n. 1. Disposal; power of disposing; management.2. Dispensation; act of government.3. Disposition; cast of behavior.4. Disposition; cast of mind; inclination. |
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