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To dispose is defined as to get rid of something or throw something away, or to overcome a threat or get someone primed to a certain state of mind.

(verb)

When you throw away garbage, this is an example of a situation where you dispose of garbage.
When you defeat your enemy, this is an example of a situation where you dispose of your enemy.
When someone is primed to believe in a specific idea, this is an example of a situation where he has been disposed to the idea.

See dispose in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb disposed, disposing

to place in a certain order or arrangement
to arrange (matters); settle or regulate (affairs)
to make willing; incline
to make susceptible or liable

Origin: ME disposen < OFr disposer, to put apart, hence arrange < perf. stem of L disponere, to arrange: see dis- & position

intransitive verb

to have the power to arrange or settle affairs

See dispose in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb dis·posed, dis·pos·ing, dis·pos·es

verb, transitive

To place or set in a particular order; arrange.
To put (business affairs, for example) into correct, definitive, or conclusive form.
To put into a willing or receptive frame of mind; incline. See Synonyms at incline.

verb, intransitive

To settle or decide a matter.

noun
Obsolete

Disposal.
Disposition; demeanor.

Phrasal Verb: dispose of To attend to; settle: disposed of the problem quickly. To transfer or part with, as by giving or selling. To get rid of; throw out. To kill or destroy: a despot who disposed of all his enemies, real or imagined.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English disposen

Origin: , from Old French disposer

Origin: , alteration (influenced by poser, to put, place)

Origin: of Latin dispōnere, to arrange

Origin: : dis-, apart; see dis-

Origin: + pōnere, to put; see apo- in Indo-European roots

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