Dispose \Dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disposing.]

[F. disposer; pref. dis- + poser to place. See Pose.]

1. To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent. [1913 Webster]

Who hath disposed the whole world? --Job xxxiv. 13. [1913 Webster]

All ranged in order and disposed with grace. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

The rest themselves in troops did else dispose. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

2. To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine. [1913 Webster]

The knightly forms of combat to dispose. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

3. To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of. [1913 Webster]

Importuned him that what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]

4. To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the indirect object. [1913 Webster]

Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

To dispose of.
   (a) To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use. [1913 Webster]

Freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons. --Locke.
   (b) To exercise finally one's power of control over; to pass over into the control of some one else, as by selling; to alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to get rid of; as, to dispose of a house; to dispose of one's time. [1913 Webster]

More water . . . than can be disposed of. --T. Burnet. [1913 Webster]

I have disposed of her to a man of business. --Tatler. [1913 Webster]

A rural judge disposed of beauty's prize. --Waller.

Syn: To set; arrange; order; distribute; adjust; regulate; adapt; fit; incline; bestow; give. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Dispose \Dis*pose"\, n.

1. Disposal; ordering; management; power or right of control. [Obs.]

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But such is the dispose of the sole Disposer of empires. --Speed. [1913 Webster]

2. Cast of mind; disposition; inclination; behavior; demeanor. [Obs.]

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He hath a person, and a smooth dispose To be suspected. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Dispose \Dis*pose"\, v. i. To bargain; to make terms. [Obs.]

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She had disposed with C[ae]sar. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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dispose

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Dispose \Dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disposing.]

[F. disposer; pref. dis- + poser to place. See Pose.]

1. To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.

Who hath disposed the whole world? --Job xxxiv. 13.

All ranged in order and disposed with grace. --Pope.

The rest themselves in troops did else dispose. --Spenser.

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

The knightly forms of combat to dispose. --Dryden.

3. To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of.

Importuned him that what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor. --Evelyn.

4. To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the indirect object.

Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes. --Dryden.

Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy. --Bacon.

To dispose of.
   (a) To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use.

Freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons. --Locke.
   (b) To exercise finally one's power of control over; to pass over into the control of some one else, as by selling; to alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to get rid of; as, to dispose of a house; to dispose of one's time.

More water . . . than can be disposed of. --T. Burnet.

I have disposed of her to a man of business. --Tatler.

A rural judge disposed of beauty's prize. --Waller.

Syn: To set; arrange; order; distribute; adjust; regulate; adapt; fit; incline; bestow; give.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Dispose \Dis*pose"\, v. i. To bargain; to make terms. [Obs.]

She had disposed with C[ae]sar. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)