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dis⋅pose

  [di-spohz] verb, -posed, -pos⋅ing, noun
Use redispose in a Sentence
–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.
–noun
7. Archaic. disposition; habit.
8. Obsolete. arrangement; regulation; disposal.
—Verb phrase
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.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < MF disposer, equiv. to dis- dis- 1 + poser to place (see pose 1 ), on the model of L dispōnere

Related forms:
dis⋅pos⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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Word Origin & History

dispose 
c.1340, 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). Disposition "temperament" is 1387, from astrological use of the word for "position of a planet as a determining influence." Disposable in the modern sense is first recorded 1943, originally of diapers, soon of everything; replaced throw-away (1928). First recorded use of disposable income is from 1948.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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