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disposing
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Disposing
(gcide) | Dispose \Dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disposed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Disposing.] [F. disposer; pref. dis- + poser to
place. See Pose.]
1. To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in
order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.
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Who hath disposed the whole world? --Job xxxiv.
13.
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All ranged in order and disposed with grace. --Pope.
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The rest themselves in troops did else dispose.
--Spenser.
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2. To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
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The knightly forms of combat to dispose. --Dryden.
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3. To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object
or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of.
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Importuned him that what he designed to bestow on
her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor.
--Evelyn.
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4. 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.
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Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose
To future good our past and present woes. --Dryden.
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Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to
jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and
melancholy. --Bacon.
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To dispose of.
(a) To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of
control over; to fix the condition, application,
employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use.
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Freedom to order their actions and dispose of
their possessions and persons. --Locke.
(b) 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.
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More water . . . than can be disposed of. --T.
Burnet.
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I have disposed of her to a man of business.
--Tatler.
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A rural judge disposed of beauty's prize.
--Waller.
Syn: To set; arrange; order; distribute; adjust; regulate;
adapt; fit; incline; bestow; give.
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disposing
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predisposing
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Disposingly
(gcide) | Disposingly \Dis*pos"ing*ly\, adv.
In a manner to dispose.
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Indisposing
(gcide) | Indispose \In`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indisposed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Indisposing.] [OE. indispos indisposed,
feeble, or F. indispos['e] indisposed. See In- not, and
Dispose.]
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1. To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.
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2. To disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat.
--Shak.
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It made him rather indisposed than sick. --Walton.
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3. To disincline; to render averse or unfavorable; as, a love
of pleasure indisposes the mind to severe study; the pride
and selfishness of men indispose them to religious duties.
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The king was sufficiently indisposed towards the
persons, or the principles, of Calvin's disciples.
--Clarendon.
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Predisposing
(gcide) | Predispose \Pre`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predisposed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Predisposing.] [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf.
F. pr['e]disposer.]
1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition
or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.
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2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency
to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease.
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Predisposing causes (Med.), causes which render the body
liable to disease; predisponent causes.
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Predisposing causes
(gcide) | Predispose \Pre`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predisposed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Predisposing.] [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf.
F. pr['e]disposer.]
1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition
or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.
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2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency
to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease.
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Predisposing causes (Med.), causes which render the body
liable to disease; predisponent causes.
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