disposer

dis·pose

 (dĭ-spōz′)

v. dis·posed, dis·pos·ing, dis·pos·es

v.tr.

1. To put into a willing or receptive frame of mind; incline: "If we're going to preach the politics of virtue, then we need to promote the social conditions that dispose people to be virtuous" (Lillian B. Rubin).

2. To place or set in a particular order; arrange: "Sally ... was beginning to loosen the upper sheet and dispose the pillows" (Harriet Beecher Stowe).

v.intr.

To determine the course of events: Man proposes, God disposes.

Phrasal Verb:

dispose of

1. To finish dealing with something; settle: Let's dispose of the matter and turn to something else.

2. To give or transfer to someone else, especially permanently: She disposed of her estate among her heirs. He disposed of his memoirs to a research library.

3. To get rid of; throw out: He disposed of the newspapers after reading them.

4. To kill or destroy.

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[Middle English disposen, to arrange, from Old French disposer, alteration (influenced by poser, to put, place) of Latin dispōnere, to arrange : dis-, apart; see dis- + pōnere, to put; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]

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dis·pos′er n.

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