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DisposableDisposable Dis*pos"a*ble, a. [From Dispose.]
Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion
may require; not assigned to any service or use.
The great of this kingdom . . . has easily afforded a
disposable surplus. --Burke. DisposalDisposal Dis*pos"al, n. [From Dispose.]
1. The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything;
arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as,
the disposal of the troops in two lines.
2. Ordering; regulation; adjustment; management; government;
direction.
The execution leave to high disposal. --Milton.
3. Regulation of the fate, condition, application, etc., of
anything; the transference of anything into new hands, a
new place, condition, etc.; alienation, or parting; as, a
disposal of property.
A domestic affair of great importance, which is no
less than the disposal of my sister Jenny for life.
--Tatler.
4. Power or authority to dispose of, determine the condition
of, control, etc., especially in the phrase at, or in, the
disposal of.
The sole and absolute disposal of him an his
concerns. --South.
Syn: Disposition; dispensation; management; conduct;
government; distribution; arrangement; regulation;
control. Dispose
Dispose Dis*pose", v. i.
To bargain; to make terms. [Obs.]
She had disposed with C[ae]sar. --Shak.
Dispose
Dispose Dis*pose", n.
1. Disposal; ordering; management; power or right of control.
[Obs.]
But such is the dispose of the sole Disposer of
empires. --Speed.
2. Cast of mind; disposition; inclination; behavior;
demeanor. [Obs.]
He hath a person, and a smooth dispose To be
suspected. --Shak.
DisposedDisposed Dis*posed", p. a.
1. Inclined; minded.
When he was disposed to pass into Achaia. --Acts
xviii. 27.
2. Inclined to mirth; jolly. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
Well disposed, in good condition; in good health. [Obs.]
--Chaucer. Disposedness
Disposedness Dis*pos"ed*ness, n.
The state of being disposed or inclined; inclination;
propensity. [R.]
Disposement
Disposement Dis*pose"ment, n.
Disposal. [Obs.] --Goodwin.
Disposer
Disposer Dis*pos"er, n.
One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a
bestower.
Absolute lord and disposer of all things. --Barrow.
Disposingly
Disposingly Dis*pos"ing*ly, adv.
In a manner to dispose.
DispositedDisposited Dis*pos"it*ed, a. [See Disposition.]
Disposed. [Obs.] --Glanvill. Dispositional
Dispositional Dis`po*si"tion*al, a.
Pertaining to disposition.
Dispositioned
Dispositioned Dis`po*si"tioned, a.
Having (such) a disposition; -- used in compounds; as,
well-dispositioned.
Dispositive
Dispositive Dis*pos"i*tive, a. [Cf. F. dispositif.]
1. Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive. [Obs.]
His dispositive wisdom and power. --Bates.
2. Belonging to disposition or natural, tendency. [Obs.]
``Dispositive holiness.' --Jer. Taylor.
Dispositively
Dispositively Dis*pos"i*tive*ly, adv.
In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition.
[Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Do dispositively what Moses is recorded to have done
literally, . . . break all the ten commandments at
once. --Boyle.
DispositorDispositor Dis*pos"it*or, n. [L. See Disposition.]
1. A disposer.
2. (Astrol.) The planet which is lord of the sign where
another planet is. [Obs.] --Crabb. Dispossessor
Dispossessor Dis`pos*sess"or, n.
One who dispossesses. --Cowley.
Dispost
Dispost Dis*post", v. t.
To eject from a post; to displace. [R.] --Davies (Holy
Roode).
DisposureDisposure Dis*po"sure, n. [From Dispose.]
1. The act of disposing; power to dispose of; disposal;
direction.
Give up My estate to his disposure. --Massinger.
2. Disposition; arrangement; position; posture. [Obs.]
In a kind of warlike disposure. --Sir H.
Wotton. Foredispose
Foredispose Fore`dis*pose", v. t.
To bestow beforehand. [R.]
King James had by promise foredisposed the place on the
Bishop of Meath. --Fuller.
Indisposedness
Indisposedness In`dis*pos"ed*ness, n.
The condition or quality of being indisposed. [R.] --Bp.
Hall.
Indisposition
Indisposition In*dis`po*si"tion, n. [Cf. F. indisposition.]
1. The state of being indisposed; disinclination; as, the
indisposition of two substances to combine.
A general indisposition towards believing.
--Atterbury.
2. A slight disorder or illness.
Rather as an indisposition in health than as any set
sickness. --Hayward.
Misdisposition
Misdisposition Mis*dis`po*si"tion, n.
Erroneous disposal or application. --Bp. Hall.
Preindispose
Preindispose Pre*in`dis*pose", v. t.
To render indisposed beforehand. --Milman.
Redispose
Redispose Re`dis*pose" (-p?z"), v. t.
To dispose anew or again; to readjust; to rearrange. --A.
Baxter.
Undisposedness
Undisposedness Un`dis*pos"ed*ness, n.
Indisposition; disinclination.
Well disposedDisposed Dis*posed", p. a.
1. Inclined; minded.
When he was disposed to pass into Achaia. --Acts
xviii. 27.
2. Inclined to mirth; jolly. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
Well disposed, in good condition; in good health. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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