dispose
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verb (used with object)
1.
to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
2.
to put in a particular or the proper order or arrangement; adjust by arranging the parts.
3.
to put in a particular or suitable place: The lamp was disposed on a table nearby.
4.
to make fit or ready; prepare: Your words of cheer dispose me for the task.
verb (used without object)
5.
to arrange or decide matters: to do as God disposes.
6.
Obsolete. to make terms.
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9.
dispose of,
a.
to deal with conclusively; settle.
b.
to get rid of; discard.
c.
to transfer or give away, as by gift or sale.
d.
to do away with; destroy.
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dispose (dɪˈspəʊz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (foll by of) (often foll by to) | |
| 1. | a. to deal with or settle |
| b. to give, sell, or transfer to another | |
| c. to throw out or away | |
| d. to consume, esp hurriedly | |
| e. to kill | |
| 2. | to arrange or settle (matters) by placing into correct or final condition: man proposes, God disposes |
| 3. | (tr) to make willing or receptive |
| 4. | (tr) to adjust or place in a certain order or position |
| 5. | to accustom or condition |
| —n | |
| 6. | disposal an obsolete word for disposition |
| [C14: from Old French disposer, from Latin dispōnere to set in different places, arrange, from | |
| dis'poser | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
dispose
mid-14c., from O.Fr. disposer (infl. by poser "to place"), from O.Fr. despondre, from L. disponere "put in order, arrange," from dis- "apart" + ponere "to put, place" (see position).
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Example sentences
She knows how to order the stock and dispose the goods in the window.
Enthusiastic housing reformers have attempted to dispose of this problem by neat little formulas.
Or else they dispose them upon the walls, from whence they may not fly.
The dying cells attract macrophages of the immune system, which devour and dispose of the dead lymphoma cells.
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