disposes

Verb

dispose (third-person singular simple present disposes, present participle disposing, simple past and past participle disposed)

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.
   • 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...
3. To deal out; to assign to a use.
   • what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor1818 (first published), John Evelyn, diary entry for 1634
4. To incline.
   • 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]...
6. (obsolete) To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
   • the knightly forms of combat to dispose1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

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