noun.
Disposal; power of disposing; management.
noun.
Dispensation; act of government; management.
noun.
Cast of behavior; demeanor.
noun.
Disposition; cast of mind; inclination.
To set in order; place or distribute in a particular order; put; arrange: as, the ships were disposed in the form of a crescent; the trees are disposed in the form of a quincunx.
Specifically To regulate; adjust; set in right order.
To place, locate, or settle suitably: chiefly reflexive.
To give direction or tendency to; set, place, or turn (toward a particular end, consequence, or result, or in a particular direction); adapt.
To incline the mind or heart of.
To make over or part with, as by gift, sale, or other means of alienation; alienate or bestow: as, “he disposed all church preferments to the highest bidder,”
Synonyms To range, rank, group.
Order, regulate, fit.
Lead, induce.
To make disposition; determine the arrangement or settlement of something.
To bargain; make terms.
To exercise control over; direct the disposal or course of: as, they have full power to dispose of their possessions.