dispose 
Tin' xxxtli day x poumle hon 
In it wel scommed first, anil use it soo. 
I'alliu/iiiK, IliiMlMiilrii'(E. K. T. S.), P- ISO. 
As for the Pools, they arc three In number, lying in a row 
above each other ; being so dispos'd that the waters of 
the up|H-rmo8t may descend into the second, and those of 
the second Into the third. 
MaundreU, Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 88. 
In the Orang the ulrciimvallate papillrc of the tongue 
are arranged in a V, as in Man. In the chimpanzee they 
are disposed like a T, with the top turned forward. 
llii.rli'H, Anal. Vert., p. 412. 
She wore a thin, black silk gown, charmingly disposed 
about the throat and shoulders. 
J. Hawthorne, Dust, p. 188. 
Specifically 2. To regulate; adjust; set in 
right order. 
There were in these quarters of the world, sixteen hun- 
dred years ago, certain speculative men, whose authority 
disposed the whole religion of those times. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 1. 
Who hath disposed the whole world ? Job xxxiv. 13. 
The knightly forms of combat to dispose, 
Dryden, Fables. 
Benign Creator, let thy plastic Hand 
Dispose its own Effect. Prior, Solomon, ill. 
3. To place, locate, or settle suitably: chiefly 
reflexive. 
The planters (not willing to run any hazard of conten- 
tion for place in a country where there was room enough) 
gave over their purpose, and disposed themselves other- 
wise. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 308. 
Do you proceed into the Fumitory, . . . and so dispose 
youre(f over the burning heap that the smoke will reach 
your whole body. S. Judd, Margaret, ii. 6. 
4. To give direction or tendency to ; set, place, 
or turn (toward a particular end, consequence, 
or result, or in a particular direction) ; adapt. 
Dispose thi youth aftir my doctryne, 
To all uorture thi corage to enclyne. 
Babeet Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 26. 
But if thee list unto Court to throng, 
And there to hunt after the hoped pray, 
Then must thou thee dispoite another way. 
Spenser, Mother Hub. Tale, 1. 504. 
Endure and conquer ; Jove will soon dispose 
To future good our past and present woes. Dryden. 
5. To incline the mind or heart of. 
He was disposed to pass into Achaia. Acts xviii. 27. 
Suspicions . . . dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to 
jealousy, [and] wise men to irresolution and melancholy. 
Bacon, Suspicion. 
Fribourg . . . lies In the prettiest solitude imaginable, 
among woods and rocks, which at first sight, dispose &mim 
to be serious. 
Addison, Remarks on Italy (ed. Holm), I. 517. 
6f. To make over or part with, as by gift, sale, 
or other means of alienation; alienate or be- 
stow : as, "he disposed all church preferments 
to the highest bidder," Swift. 
You should not rashly give away your heart, 
Nor must you, without me, dispose yourself. 
Shirley, The Traitor, li. 2. 
Some were of opinion that, if Verin would not suffer his 
wife to have her liberty, the church should dispose her to 
some other man who would use her better. 
Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 341. 
You have disposed much in works of public piety. 
Bp. Sprat. 
Disposing form. Sec form. =Syn. 1. To range, rank, 
group. 2. Order, regulate, fit. o. Lead, induce. 
II. intrans. 1. To make disposition; deter- 
mine the arrangement or settlement of some- 
thing. 
Man proposes, God disposes. Old proverb. 
To whom yuu shall leave your goods it is hid from you ; 
for you may purpose, but God will dispose. 
J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 238. 
The dramatist creates ; the historian only disposes. 
Macatday, On History. 
2f. To bargain ; make terms. 
You did suspect 
She had disposed with Cfesar. 
Shot., A. and C., Iv. 12. 
To dispose Of. (<0 To make a disposal of; part with, 
get rid of, or provide for, as by bestowal, alienation, sale, 
arrangement, contrivance, occupation, etc. : as, he has dis- 
posed of his house advantageously ; he disposed of his 
daughter in marriage; he has disposed of his books among 
his friends ; I have disposed of that affair ; more corre- 
spondence than one can dispose of ; they knew not how to 
dispose of their time. 
A rural judge disposed of beauty's prize. Waller. 
Hearing that Mrs. Sarah is married, I did joy her and 
kiss her, she owning of it ; and it seems it is to a cookc. 
1 am glad she is disposed of, for she grows old and is very 
pamfull. Pepy, Diary, I. 347. 
Well, Biddy, since you would not acceptor your Cousin, 
I hope you han't disposed of yourself elsewhere. 
Steele, Tender Husband, v. 1. 
But, sir, as I understand you want a few hundreds im- 
mediately is there ni'thiiii; yuu could dixj 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, ill. 3. 
(&) To exercise control over ; direct the disposal or course 
of : as, they have full power to dispose uf their possessions. 
The lot is cast into the lap ; but the whole disposing 
thereo/ is of the Lord. Prov. xvi. 33. 
1071) 
This brow was fashion 'd 
To wear a kingly wreath, and your grave judgment 
(liven to di.ifiii.ii- a. f larcbies. 
l-'i.ti-l<e.r (and another), False One, I. 1. 
When I went first to give him Joy, he pleased to give 
me the disposing of the next Attorney's Place that falls 
void In York. ' Howell, Letters, I. v. 32. 
A planet disposes of any other which may in- found In 
its essential dignities. Thus, if be in , the house of 
tf , then <f disposes of 0, and is said to rule, receive, or 
govern him. It'. Lilly, Introd. to Astrology, App., p. 340. 
Disposing mind and memory. See memory. 
dispose! (dis-poz'), n. [< dispose, ?.] 1. Dis- 
posal ; power of disposing ; management. 
All that is mine I leave at thy dispose. 
Shalt., T. O. of V., U. 7. 
I rest most dtitious to your dispose. 
Marston, The Fawne, 1. 2. 
There, take the maid ; she Is at her own disjxae now. 
Beau, and Fl., Custom of the Country, iv. 3. 
2. Dispensation; act of government; manage- 
ment. 
But such is the dispose of the sole Disposer of empires. 
Speed, The Saxons, VII. xxxi. { 2. 
3. Cast of behavior ; demeanor. 
He hath a person, and a smooth dispose, 
To be suspected, fram'd to make women false. 
Shall., Othello, i. 3. 
4. Disposition ; cast of mind ; inclination. 
Carries on the stream of his dispose, 
Without observance or respect of any. 
SAafc.T. and r., ii. 3. 
disposed (dis-pozd'), p. a. [Pp. of dispose, r.] 
1. Characterized by a particular tendency of 
disposition, character, or conduct : with such 
adverbs as well, ill, etc. : as, an ill-disposed per- 
son. 
God send rest and coumfort, be ye sure, 
To euery wele disposid creature. 
Oeiusrydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1043. 
2. Characterized by a particular condition of 
body or of health : with well or ill. 
And wel I wot, thy breeth ful soure stinketh, 
That sheweth wel thou art not wel disposed. 
Chaucer, Manciple's Tale, Prol., L 38. 
That now you cannot do : she keeps her chamber, 
Not icell dispos'd, and has denied all visits. 
Beau, and FL, Custom of the Country, ill. 1. 
My Lord Sunderland is still ill disposed. 
Howell, Letters, I. v. S*. 
3. Inclined ; minded ; in the mood. 
Her Majesty (Queen Elizabeth] ... Is well and excel- 
lently disposed to hunting, for every second day she is on 
horseback and continues the sport long. 
Quoted in Slrvtt's Sports and Pastimes, p. 71. 
disposedly (dis-po'zed-li), adv. With arrange- 
ment ; in good order ; properly. 
She . . . paced along . . . gravely and disposedly. 
Whyte Melville, The Queen's Maries. 
disposedness (dis-po'zed-nes), n. Disposition ; 
inclination. [Rare.] 
disposer (dis-po'zer), . One who or that 
which disposes ; a distributer, bestower, or di- 
rector. 
The gods appoint him 
The absolute disposer of the earth, 
That has the sharpest sword. 
Fletcher (and another 1 !). Prophetess, v. 1. 
Forget not those virtues which the great Disposer of all 
bids thee to entertain. Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor. , i 27. 
Leave events to their Disposer. Boyle. 
I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff. 
Wottm. 
disposingly (dis-po'zing-li), adv. In a manner 
to dispose, regulate, or govern. 
disposition (dis-po-zish'on), H. [< ME. dispo- 
sition, disposition, dinpositioun = D. dispositie 
= Q. Dan. Sw. disposition, ( OF. disposition, F. 
disposition = Sp. disposition = Pg. disposicSo 
= It. disposizione, < L. dispositio(n-), arrange- 
ment, etc.,< disponere, pp. dispositus, arrange: 
see dispone and dispose. J 1 . A setting in order; 
a disposing, placing, or arranging; arrange- 
ment of parts ; distribution : as, the disposition 
of the infantry and cavalry of an army ; the dis- 
position of the trees in an orchard ; the dispo- 
sition of the several parts of an edifice, or of 
figures in painting; the disposition of tones in a 
chord, or of parts in a score. 
Disposician is a certain bestowing of thinges, and an apt 
declaring what is meete for every parte, as tyme ami place 
doe beste require. Sir T. Wilson, Rhetoric (1553X 
No diligence can rebuild the universe in a model, by 
the best accumulation or disiwtntion of details. 
Knii-rson, Essays, 1st ser., p. 408. 
A big church . . . looked out on a square completely 
French, a square of a fine modern disposition, . . . em* 
bellished with trees . . . and allegorical statues. 
//. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 178. 
McPherson brought up Logan's division while he de- 
ployed Crocker's for the assault. Sherman made similar 
dispositions on the right. 
U. S. Grant. Personal Memoirs, I. 504. 
dispositor 
2. Disposal ; plan or arrangement for the dis- 
posal, distribution, or alienation of something; 
definite settlement with regard to some mat- 
ter; ultimate destination: as, he has made a 
good disposition of his property ; what disposi- 
tion do you intend to make of this picture t 
Indeed I will not think on the disjtosition of them which 
have sinned before death, before judyim nt. Ix-fore de- 
struction: but I will rejoice over the f the 
righteous, and I will remember also their pilgrimage and 
the salvation and the reward that they shall have. 
2 Eld. viiL 38, 39. 
3. In arch., the arrangement of the whole de- 
sign by means of ichnography (plan), orthogra- 
phy (section and elevation), and scenography 
(perspective view). It differs from distribution, which 
signifies the particular arrangement of the Internal parts 
of a building. 
4. Guidance; control; order; command; de- 
cree : as, the dispositions of the statute. 
I putte me In thy proteccloun, 
Dyaue, and In thi dispotricioun. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1506. 
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels. 
AcU vli. 53. 
Appoint [i. e., arraign] not heavenly disposition, father; 
Nothing of all these evils hath befallen me 
But justly. Milton, S. A., L 373. 
5. Aptitude ; inclination ; tendency ; readiness 
to take on any character or habit: said of 
things animate or inanimate, but especially 
of an emotional tendency or mood. 
When the accident of sickness and the natural disposi- 
tion do second the one the other, this disease should be 
more forcible. Bacon, Nat. Hist, i 64. 
Disposition is an habit begun, but not i>erfected : . . . 
for example, of the disposition that a man hath to learn* 
Ing, he Is said to be studious : but of perfect habit, got- 
ten by continual study in learning, he is said to be learn- 
ed, which importeth a perfection which is more than a 
disposition. Blundcmllc. 
I have ever endeavoured to nourish the merciful dis- 
position and humane inclination I borrowed from my 
parents. Sir T. Brount, Religio Medici, II. 1. 
6. Natural tendency or constitution of the 
mind; intellectual and moral bent ; innate tem- 
per: as, an amiable or an irritable disposition. 
The! that pnrposen to be good and trewe, 
Weel sette by noble diitposicioun, 
Contynue In good condicioun, 
The! are the first that fallen In damage. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 77. 
I have suffered more for their sakes, more than the vil- 
lainous inconstancy of man's disposition is able to bear. 
Shot., M. W. of W., Iv. 5. 
This is not the first day wherein thy wisdom is mani- 
fested ; but from the beginning of thy days all the people 
have known thy understanding, because the disposition 
of thine heart is good. Judith viii. 29. 
I am in love with your Disposition, which is generous, 
ami 1 verily think you were never guilty at any punilanl- 
rnous Act in your Life. Howtll, Letters, I. v. 11. 
7. In Scots law, a unilateral deed of alienation, 
by which a right to property, especially herit- 
able property, is conveyed. 8. Health; bodi- 
ly well-being. [A Gallicism, perhaps.] 
Grace, and good disposition, 'tend your ladyship. 
Shall., T. N., ill 1. 
9. Maintenance ; allowance. 
I crave tit disposition for my wife ; 
Due reference of place, and exhibition ; 
With such accommodation, and besort, 
As levels with her breeding. Shale., Othello, i. 3. 
Disposition and settlement, in Scots law, the name 
usually given to a deed by which a person provides for the 
general disposal of his property, heritable and movable, 
after his death. Syn. 1 and 2. Adjustment, regulation, 
l>estowment, classification, grouping, ordering. 5 and 6. 
Inclination, Tendency, etc. See bentl. 
dispositional (dis-po-zish'on-al, a. [< disposi- 
tion + -al.~\ Pertaining to disposition. 
dispositive* (dis-poz'i-tiv), a. [= OF. F. dis- 
positif= Sp. Pg. It. dispositiro, < ML. digposi- 
tirits, < L. digpositus, pp. of disponere, dispose : 
see dispone, dispose.] 1. Relating to disposal ; 
disposing or regulating. 
Without his eye and hand, his dispositive wisdom and 
power, the whole frame would disband and fall into con- 
fusion and ruin. Bates, Great Duty of Resignation. 
2. Pertaining to inclination or natural dispo- 
sition. 
Conversation ... so impertinent ami extravagant as Is 
not to be reduced to any rules or bounds of reason and re- 
ligion ; no, not under any Intentional piety, and habitual 
or dispositive holiness. 
Jer. Taylor (!), Artif. Handsomeness, p. 84. 
Dispositive clause. See clause. 
dispositivelyt (dis-poz'i-tiv-li), orfr. 1. In a 
dispositive manner; distributively. Sir T. 
Browne. 2. By natural or moral disposition. 
One act may make us do dispoiitiveln what Moses Is 
recorded to have done literally, . . . break all the ten 
commandments at once. Boylr. Works, VI. 10. 
dispositort (dis-poz'i-tor), . [= OF. despositor, 
dispositour = Pg. dispositor = It. dixii 
