Verb

(dispos)

To eliminate or to get rid of something.

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To distribute and put in place.

*1600 , (William Shakespeare), , act 4, scene III

*:Now, dear soldiers, march away: / And how thou pleasest, God, dispose the day!

*1811 , (Jane Austen), (Sense and Sensibility) , chapter 6

*:Marianne’s pianoforte was unpacked and properly disposed of, and Elinor’s drawing were affixed to the walls of their sitting rooms.

*1934 , (Rex Stout), edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 47:

*: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.

To deal out; to assign to a use.

*(John Evelyn) (1620-1706)

*:what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor

To incline.

: (Used here intransitively in the passive voice)

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose / To future good our past and present woes.

*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

*:Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy.

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*:At twilight in the summeron the floor.

(lb) To bargain; to make terms.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:She had disposed with Caesar.

(lb) To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.

*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:the knightly forms of combat to dispose

Verb

(determin)

To set the limits of.

* Bible, Acts xvii. 26

[God] hath determined the times before appointed.

* Francis Bacon

The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight.

To ascertain definitely; to figure out.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Old soldiers? , passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine . The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.}}

To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.

* J. Edwards

The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God.

* W. Black

something divinely beautiful that at some time or other might influence or even determine her course of life

To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to .

Someone else's will determined me to this course.

To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide.

The court has determined the cause.

To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.

The news of his father's illness determined him to depart immediately.

(logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.

(obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.

* Shakespeare

Now, where is he that will not stay so long / Till his friend sickness hath determined me?