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

(es)

To free from a leash, or as from a leash

He unleashed his dog in the park.

to let go; to release

He unleashed his fury.

To precipitate; to bring about

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(soccer) To strike; kick

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