dis·pos·er

[dih-spoh-zer]
noun
1.
a person or thing that disposes.
2.
disposal2.
Origin:
1520–30; dispose + -er1

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dispose (dɪˈspəʊz) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—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-1 + pōnere to place]
 
dis'poser
 
—n

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