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dispose
verb transitive
[L.]
dispoze.
dispose
To set; to place or distribute; to arrange; used with reference to order. The ships were disposed in the form of a crescent. The general disposed his troops in three lines. The trees are disposed in the form of a quincunx.
dispose
To regulate; to adjust; to set in right order. Job 34:73 and Job 37:15. The knightly forms of combat to dispose.
dispose
To apply to a particular purpose; to give; to place; to bestow; as, you have disposed much in works of public piety. In this sense, to dispose of is more generally used.
dispose
To set, place or turn to a particular end or consequence. Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose to future good our past and present woes.' .
dispose
To adapt; to form for any purpose. Then must thou thee dispose another way.
dispose
To set the mind in a particular frame; to incline. Avarice disposes men to fraud and oppression. Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy. He was disposed to pass into Achaia. Acis 18:27; 71 Corinthians 10:27. To dispose of,
dispose
To part with; to alienate; as, the man has disposed of his house, and removed.
dispose
To part with to another; to put into anothers hand or power; to bestow; as, the father has disposed of his daughter to a man of great worth.
dispose
To give away or transfer by authority. A rural judge disposed of beautys prize.
dispose
To direct the course of a thing. Proverbs 16:33.
dispose
To place in any condition; as, how will you dispose of your son?
dispose
To direct what to do or what course to pursue; as, they know not how to dispose of themselves.
dispose
To use or employ; as, they know not how to dispose of their time.
dispose
To put away. The stream supplies more water than can be disposed of.