01 v. t. To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.
imp. & p. p.
Disposed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disposing
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To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.“The knightly forms of combat to dispose.” — Dryden.
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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.
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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.“Freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons.” — Locke.
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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.