disposing

disposing adjective: acting to predispose or incline. Also the present participle and gerund of dispose.

Adjective

disposing (comparative more disposing, superlative most disposing)

Acting to predispose or incline.
- The indifference to life which is produced by opium is precisely the most disposing excitement to suicide.1859, “Opium and Dr. Engledue”, in The British Homoeopathic Review, volume 3, page 118
- Chlorpromazine is believed to be the most disposing to seizures, with a frequency of 3% to 5% at moderate (greater than 900 mg/day) doses.1989, A. James Giannini, Andrew Edmund Slaby, Drugs of Abuse, page 197
Agreeable; Leaving one kindly disposed.
- Subsequently, however, as the parties manifested a more disposing demeanor, the lower court appointed a commissioner to appraise the value of the improvements on the land.1980 January 7, Ricardo G. De Leon, “Decisions of the Court of Appeals”, in Official Gazette (Philippines), volume 76, number 1, page 159
- Their cooperation was really anticipated and their middle position gave evangelization a more disposing tone as the message could be given from native evangelizers too.2001, Nkem Hyginus M. V. Chigere, Foreign Missionary Background and Indigenous Evangelization in Igboland, page 288
Capable of specifying a complete and reasonable disposal of one's estate.
- In the name and fear of God, I Jane Ford of Oldswinford in the county of Worcester Widdow Relict & Exec of Joseph Ford gent my late dear husband deceased having in mind the certainty of death but great uncertainty of the time thereof & being desirous to settle my affairs & being now in perfect mind...1721 July 4, Last Will and Testament of Jane Ford
- And it is said by Lord Coke, in the Marquis of Winchester's case, (m) that it is not sufficient that the testator be of memory when he makes his Will, to answer familiar and usual questions, but he ought to have a disposing memory so as to be able to make a disposition of his property with...1849, Edward Vaughan Williams, A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators, page 170
Involving the disposal or legal transfer of property.
- Bayley, J., before whom the prisoner was tried, said, to bring the case within the statute, the order must be such as, on the face of it, imports to be made by a person who has a disposing power over the funds.1852, Henry Roscoe, A Digest of the Law of Evidence in Criminal Cases, page 526
- It seems also we may form an inference, that in the profits of the two laborious classes, either in the culture of the earth or industry, there is a disposable portion, namely, that which answers to the interest of the advances, calculated on the current rate of interest of money lent; it appears...1859, John Ramsay McCulloch, A Select Collection of Scarce and Valuable Economical Tracts, page 311

Noun

disposing (plural disposings)

The act by which things are disposed, or set out.

Also used as

disposing is also the present participle and gerund of dispose.

disposing meaning in Marathi, Telugu, Punjabi and Nepali

disposing in Marathi

विल्हेवाट लावत आहे

disposing in Telugu

పారవేయటం

disposing in Punjabi

ਨਿਬੇਡ਼ਣਾ

disposing in Nepali

डिस्पोज गर्ने

Examples of disposing in a sentence

Table 26 addresses the question of whether education of the same level is more disposing to a modern mode if it has been acquired in the recent than in the distant past.2023, Richard A. Apostle, Charles Y. Glock, Thomas Piazza, The Anatomy of Racial Attitudes, page 158:
Autumn was considered the season most disposing to melancholy.2024, Robert Boland, Marcia L. Verduin, Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Text of Psychiatry:
A warm smile and the shine of intelligent blue eyes were also very disposing ...2021, Лилия Кадет, The Big Eyes’ Dragon:

Forms of disposing

Adjective
comparative	more disposing
superlative	most disposing
Noun
plural	disposings

Words formed from disposing

disposingly

Phrases with disposing

disposing of

Questions about disposing

What does disposing mean?: Disposing means acting to predispose or incline.
What is disposing in Marathi?: Disposing in Marathi is विल्हेवाट लावत आहे. See Disposing meaning in Marathi.
How do you use disposing in a sentence?: Table 26 addresses the question of whether education of the same level is more disposing to a modern mode if it has been acquired in the recent than in the distant past.
What part of speech is disposing?: Disposing can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near disposing in the dictionary

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