dispose

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To eliminate or to get rid of something.

   • I dispose of my trash in the garbage can.
2. 2

   To distribute or arrange

   To distribute or arrange; to put in place.

   • Now, dear soldiers, march away: / And how thou pleasest, God, dispose the day!
   • Marianne’s pianoforte was unpacked and properly disposed of, and Elinor’s drawing were affixed to the walls of their sitting rooms.
   • I sat down within three feet of the entrance door, and I had no sooner got disposed than the door opened and a man came in[…].
3. 3

   To deal out

   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. 4

      To incline.

      • In these uncertain times, I am disposed towards caution.
      • Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose / To future good our past and present woes.
      • They [suspicions] dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy.
   2. 5

      To bargain

      To bargain; to make terms.

      • She had disposed with Caesar.
   3. 6

      To regulate

      To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.

      • the knightly forms of combat to dispose
   4. 7

      The disposal or management of something.

   5. 8

      Behaviour

      Behaviour; disposition.

The neighborhood

• synonymincline
• synonymdiscard
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• antonymdisincline