Associations to the word «Dispose»

Wiktionary

DISPOSE, verb. (intransitive) (used with "of") To eliminate or to get rid of something.
DISPOSE, verb. To distribute and put in place.
DISPOSE, verb. To deal out; to assign to a use.
DISPOSE, verb. To incline.
DISPOSE, verb. (obsolete) To bargain; to make terms.
DISPOSE, verb. (obsolete) To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
DISPOSE OF, verb. (transitive) To get rid of.
DISPOSE OF, verb. (transitive) To transfer to another's control.
DISPOSE OF, verb. (transitive) To deal with conclusively with a threat or a difficult situation.
DISPOSE OF, verb. (transitive) To arrange in an orderly way.

Dictionary definition

DISPOSE, verb. Give, sell, or transfer to another; "She disposed of her parents' possessions".
DISPOSE, verb. Throw or cast away; "Put away your worries".
DISPOSE, verb. Make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief; "Their language inclines us to believe them".
DISPOSE, verb. Place or put in a particular order; "the dots are unevenly disposed".
DISPOSE, verb. Make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope