[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dispose \dispose"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. disposed; p. pr. 
   vb. n. disposing. f. disposer; pref. dis- + poser to
   place. see pose.
   1. to distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in
      order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.
      1913 webster

            who hath disposed the whole world?    --job xxxiv.
                                                  13.
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            all ranged in order and disposed with grace. --pope.
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            the rest themselves in troops did else dispose.
                                                  --spenser.
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   2. to regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
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            the knightly forms of combat to dispose. --dryden.
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   3. to deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object
      or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of.
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            importuned him that what he designed to bestow on
            her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor.
                                                  --evelyn.
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   4. to give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause
      to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a
      bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; --
      usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the
      indirect object.
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            endure and conquer; jove will soon dispose
            to future good our past and present woes. --dryden.
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            suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to
            jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and
            melancholy.                           --bacon.
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   to dispose of.
      a to determine the fate of; to exercise the power of
          control over; to fix the condition, application,
          employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use.
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                freedom to order their actions and dispose of
                their possessions and persons.    --locke.
      b to exercise finally one's power of control over; to
          pass over into the control of some one else, as by
          selling; to alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to
          get rid of; as, to dispose of a house; to dispose of
          one's time.
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                more water . . . than can be disposed of. --t.
                                                  burnet.
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                i have disposed of her to a man of business.
                                                  --tatler.
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                a rural judge disposed of beauty's prize.
                                                  --waller.

   syn: to set; arrange; order; distribute; adjust; regulate;
        adapt; fit; incline; bestow; give.
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see also:
disposed disposing pose to dispose of 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dispose \dispose"\, n.
   1. disposal; ordering; management; power or right of control.
      obs.
      1913 webster

            but such is the dispose of the sole disposer of
            empires.                              --speed.
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   2. cast of mind; disposition; inclination; behavior;
      demeanor. obs.
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            he hath a person, and a smooth dispose
            to be suspected.                      --shak.
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[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dispose \dispose"\, v. i.
   to bargain; to make terms. obs.
   1913 webster

         she had disposed with caesar.          --shak.
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[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dispose
     v 1: give, sell, or transfer to another; "she disposed of her
          parents' possessions"
     2: throw or cast away; "put away your worries" syn: discard,
         fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast
        aside, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away,
         put away
     3: make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or
        belief; "their language inclines us to believe them" syn:
         incline ant: indispose
     4: make fit or prepared; "your education qualifies you for this
        job" syn: qualify ant: disqualify
see also:
discard fling toss toss out toss away chuck out 
cast aside throw out cast out throw away cast away 
put away incline indispose qualify disqualify 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

172 moby thesaurus words for "dispose":
   adjust, administer, affect, aim, align, allocate, allot, apportion,
   arrange, array, assign, bear, bend, bend to, bestow, bias, bring,
   call the shots, carry, collocate, color, compose, conclude,
   conduce, consume, contribute, control, cool off, deal, deal out,
   deal with, decide, demolish, deploy, destroy, determine, devour,
   direct, disburse, discard, dispense, disperse, dispose of,
   distribute, do away with, dole, dole out, dump, eat, emplace,
   engage, enlist, finish off, fix, form, get a fix, get rid of,
   get to do, give away, give out, go, govern, grade, group, guide,
   harmonize, have a tendency, head, hierarchize, hold a heading,
   home in on, incline, induce, influence, install, interest in,
   issue, jettison, junk, knock off, lay out, lead, lean, line,
   line up, localize, locate, look to, lure, make over, marshal,
   measure out, mete, mete out, methodize, motivate, move, navigate,
   normalize, order, organize, pacify, parcel out, part with,
   pass around, pay out, persuade, pin down, pinpoint, place, point,
   point to, polish off, portion out, position, predispose, procure,
   prompt, put, put away, put in place, quiet, rally, range, rank,
   redound to, regiment, regularize, regulate, routinize, rule, scrap,
   sell, serve, set, set out, set toward, set up, settle,
   show a tendency, situate, soften up, space, spoon out, spot,
   standardize, steer, structure, sway, systematize, tempt, tend,
   tend to go, throw away, throw out, tinge, tone, tranquilize,
   transfer, trash, trend, triangulate, turn, urge, verge, warp,
   wear down, wear the pants, weigh with, work, work toward,
   zero in on

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