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dispose en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /dɪsˈpoʊz/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /dɪˈspəʊz/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from French disposer.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) The disposal or management of something.
    • By thus doing, he submits himself to God's rod, commits himself to the dispose of his providence; yea, by thus doing, he casteth the lot of his present and future condition into the lap of his creditors, and leaves the whole dispose thereof to the Lord […] 1680, John Bunyan, The Life and Death of Mr Badman:
  2. (obsolete) Behaviour; disposition.

dispose en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /dɪsˈpoʊz/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /dɪˈspəʊz/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from French disposer.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, with-of) To eliminate or to get rid of something.
    • I dispose of my trash in the garbage can.
  2. To distribute or arrange; to put in place.
    • By disposing the driving power over a number of cars instead of concentrating it in a single locomotive a great advance was made towards a high rate of acceleration. 1950 September, “Central London Railway Jubilee”, in Railway Magazine, page 620:
    • Now, dear soldiers, march away: / And how thou pleasest, God, dispose the day! 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
    • Marianne’s pianoforte was unpacked and properly disposed of, and Elinor’s drawing were affixed to the walls of their sitting rooms. 1811, [Jane Austen], Sense and Sensibility […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
    • I sat down within three feet of the entrance door, and I had no sooner got disposed than the door opened and a man came in[…]. 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, Bantam, published 1992, →ISBN, page 47:
  3. To deal out; to assign to a use.
    • what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor 1818 (first published), John Evelyn, diary entry for 1634
  4. To incline.
    • At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly[…]on the floor. 1892, Walter Besant, chapter II, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
    • Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose / To future good our past and present woes. 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
    • They [suspicions] dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy. 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Suspicion”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
    • In these uncertain times, I am disposed towards caution.
  5. (obsolete) To bargain; to make terms.
    • She had disposed with Caesar. 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
  6. (obsolete) To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
    • the knightly forms of combat to dispose 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
disposed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
disposed Tense=Past lexicographic
disposing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
disposes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

disincline · indispose

Deriveds

misdispose · dispose of · disposable · disposophobia · disposement · redispose · foredispose · disposability · disposal · disposition

Synonyms

discard · incline

Translations (56)

bg избавям се от (to get rid of something) · ru избавля́ться (to get rid of something) · es desechar (to get rid of something) · it mettere (to get rid of something) · pt jogar fora (to get rid of something) · hu kiselejtez (to get rid of something) · is farga (to get rid of something) · mi whakatakoto (to distribute and put in place) · it eliminare (to get rid of something) · it essere incline (to distribute and put in place) · grc διατίθημι (to distribute and put in place) · de ordnen (to distribute and put in place) · fi jakaa (to distribute and put in place) · de entsorgen (to get rid of something) · it propendere (to distribute and put in place) · hu elintéz (to distribute and put in place) · bg разполагам (to distribute and put in place) · fi hävittää (to get rid of something) · kk орналастыру (to distribute and put in place) · bg отстранявам (to get rid of something) · mi whakatākotokoto (to distribute and put in place) · mi whakarei (to get rid of something) · es disponer (to distribute and put in place) · he נפטר (to get rid of something) · eo aranĝi (to distribute and put in place) · hu felszámol (to get rid of something) · hu eltávolít (to get rid of something) · hu leselejtez (to get rid of something) · it disporre (to get rid of something) · hu elrendez (to distribute and put in place) · pt deitar fora (to get rid of something) · fi päästä eroon (to get rid of something) · pt livrar-se de (to get rid of something) · tr kurtulmak (to get rid of something) · it depositare (to get rid of something) · pt descartar (to get rid of something) · hu eltüntet (to get rid of something) · ru изба́виться (to get rid of something) · hu eltakarít (to get rid of something) · sv kasta (to get rid of something) · kix vâ (to get rid of something) · es deshacerse (to get rid of something) · fr se débarrasser de (to get rid of something) · te తీసివేయు (to get rid of something) · pt eliminar (to get rid of something) · hu kezel (to distribute and put in place) · de beseitigen (to get rid of something) · mi ākiri (to get rid of something) · it distribuire (to distribute and put in place) · pt dispor (to distribute and put in place) · gl apostar (to distribute and put in place) · pl pozbyć się czegoś (to get rid of something) · fr éliminer (to get rid of something) · la abiciō (to get rid of something) · da bortskaffe (to get rid of something) · hu megszabadul (to get rid of something)