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Dispose

//dɪsˈpoʊz// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The disposal or management of something. obsolete

    "By thus doing, he submits himself to God's rod, commits himself to the dispose of his providence; yea, by thus doing, he casteth the lot of his present and future condition into the lap of his creditors, and leaves the whole dispose thereof to the Lord […]"

  2. 2
    Behaviour; disposition. obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To eliminate or to get rid of something. intransitive, with-of

    "I dispose of my trash in the garbage can."

  2. 2
    make fit or prepared wordnet
  3. 3
    To distribute or arrange; to put in place.

    "Now, dear soldiers, march away: / And how thou pleasest, God, dispose the day!"

  4. 4
    make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief wordnet
  5. 5
    To deal out; to assign to a use.

    "what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor"

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  1. 6
    place or put in a particular order wordnet
  2. 7
    To incline.

    "In these uncertain times, I am disposed towards caution."

  3. 8
    throw or cast away wordnet
  4. 9
    To bargain; to make terms. obsolete

    "She had disposed with Caesar."

  5. 10
    give, sell, or transfer to another wordnet
  6. 11
    To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine. obsolete

    "the knightly forms of combat to dispose"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French disposer.

Etymology 2

From French disposer.

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