<B>dispone, </B>verb, <B>-poned,</B> <B>-poning.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>(in Scottish law) to assign or convey legally. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) to arrange; dispose. <DD><I>v.i. </I> (Obsolete.) to arrange. </DL>
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<B>disponer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in Scottish law) a person who legally transfers property from himself to another. </DL>
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<B>disponge, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ponged,</B> <B>-ponging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to let drip as if from a sponge. </DL>
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<B>dispope, </B>transitive verb, <B>-poped,</B> <B>-poping.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to deprive of the dignity of pope. </DL>
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<B>disport, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to amuse (oneself); sport. <BR> <I>Ex. People laughed at the clumsy bears disporting themselves in the water.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to entertain oneself; play. <BR> <I>Ex. The baby disported with the new toy in great glee.</I> (SYN) frolic, gambol. <DD><I>noun </I> (Archaic.) a pastime; amusement. (SYN) recreation, entertainment, sport. </DL>
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<B>disportment, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) the act of disporting; amusement; sport; play. </DL>
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<B>disposability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or condition of being disposable. </DL>
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<B>disposable, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>that can be disposed of after use; that can be thrown away. <BR> <I>Ex. disposable containers of foil, disposable paper napkins.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>at one's disposal; available. <BR> <I>Ex. Disposable income is money for spending or saving after taxes are paid.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a disposable article. <BR> <I>Ex. Hosts of "disposables"--items thrown away after a single use--are entering the hospital field (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>disposal, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act of getting rid (of something). <BR> <I>Ex. the disposal of radioactive waste. The city takes care of the disposal of garbage.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the act of giving away. <BR> <I>Ex. His will provided for the disposal of his property after his death.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a selling; sale. <BR> <I>Ex. The disposal of government surplus items is arranged for Monday.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>the power or authority to dispose of or use something; control. <BR> <I>Ex. The trustees had the disposal of the estate.</I> (SYN) command. <DD><B> 5. </B>a dealing with; a settling of affairs. <BR> <I>Ex. His disposal of the difficulty pleased everybody.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>the act of putting in a certain order or position; arrangement. <BR> <I>Ex. a very tasteful disposal of flowers. The disposal of the chairs along the sides of the hall left plenty of space for dancing in the middle.</I> (SYN) disposition. <DD><B> 7. </B>a means of or a device for disposing. One kind of garbage disposal is an electric grinder installed in a kitchen sink to reduce garbage to liquid form or finely chopped particles so that it goes down into the sewage system. <DD><B> 8. </B>(Obsolete.) regulation; dispensation; administration. <DD><I>adj. </I> in which waste material is disposed of. <BR> <I>Ex. a disposal plant, a disposal drum.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>at</B> (or <B>in</B>) <B>one's disposal,</B> </I>ready for one's use or service at any time; under one's control or management. <BR> <I>Ex. I will put my room at your disposal.</I> </DL>
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<B>dispose, </B>verb, <B>-posed,</B> <B>-posing,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to put in a certain order or position; arrange. <BR> <I>Ex. The flags were disposed in a straight line for the parade.</I> (SYN) distribute, disperse. <DD><B> 2. </B>to arrange (matters); settle (affairs); determine. <DD><B> 3. </B>to make ready or willing; influence; incline. <BR> <I>Ex. More pay and shorter hours disposed him to take the new job.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to make liable or subject. <BR> <I>Ex. Getting your feet wet disposes you to catching cold.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to make fit; prepare. <BR> <I>Ex. Hardship disposes man to meet adversity.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Obsolete.) to regulate; order. <BR> <I>Ex. ... he who is now sovereign can dispose and bid what shall be right (Milton).</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Obsolete.) to bestow; distribute. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to control the course of events; settle affairs; determine. <BR> <I>Ex. Man proposes, but God disposes (Thomas a Kempis).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) to make terms. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>(Archaic.) disposition; habit. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) arrangement; regulation; disposal. <BR><I>expr. <B>dispose of,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to get rid of. </I> <I>Ex. Dispose of that rubbish.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to give away. <BR> <I>Ex. I shall dispose of this clothing to the Salvation Army.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>to sell. <BR> <I>Ex. The owner disposed of his house for $35,000.</I> <DD><B> d. </B>to eat or drink. <BR> <I>Ex. The boys soon disposed of the picnic lunch.</I> <DD><B> e. </B>to arrange; settle. <BR> <I>Ex. The committee disposed of all its business in an hour.</I> </DL>
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<B>disposed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> willing; inclined. <BR> <I>Ex. Most young boys are more disposed to play than to study. The manager of this store is well disposed toward young people.</I> </DL>
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<B>disposedness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or state of being disposed; disposition; inclination. </DL>
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<B>disposer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that disposes; a distributor, bestower, or director. <BR> <I>Ex. food waste disposers.</I> </DL>
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<B>disposition, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>one's natural way of acting toward others or of thinking about things; nature. <BR> <I>Ex. a cheerful disposition, a selfish disposition, a changeable disposition.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>tendency; inclination; natural bent. <BR> <I>Ex. a disposition to argue. A quarrelsome person has a disposition to start trouble.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the act of putting in order or position; arrangement. <BR> <I>Ex. The general planned the disposition of his soldiers for the battle. The disposition of the papers on my desk had been changed.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a disposing; settlement. <BR> <I>Ex. the satisfactory disposition of a difficult problem. What disposition did the court make of his case?</I> (SYN) management. <DD><B> 5. </B>disposal. <BR> <I>Ex. He had a large sum of money at his disposition. Safe disposition of radioactive waste requires the greatest care.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Obsolete.) physical constitution or state. </DL>
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<B>dispositional, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with disposition. </DL>
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<B>dispositioned, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a (certain kind of) disposition. <BR> <I>Ex. a well-dispositioned boy.</I> </DL>
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<B>dispositive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> disposing; regulating; controlling. <BR> <I>Ex. the dispositive clause of a contract.</I> </DL>
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<B>dispossess, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to force to give up the possession of a house, land, or other real estate; oust. <BR> <I>Ex. The tenant was dispossessed for not paying his rent.</I> (SYN) evict, remove, dislodge. <DD><B> 2. </B>to take away from; deprive. <BR> <I>Ex. Fear dispossessed him of his senses.</I> </DL>
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<B>dispossession, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of dispossessing. <BR> <I>Ex. The long process of dispossession ... has all but stripped the Indians of their resources (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the state of being dispossessed. </DL>
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<B>dispossessor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who dispossesses. </DL>
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<B>dispossessory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with dispossession. </DL>
<B>dispraise, </B>verb. <B>-praised,</B> <B>-praising.</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to express disapproval of; speak against; blame. (SYN) censure. <DD><I>noun </I> the expression of disapproval; blame. <BR> <I>Ex. In praise and in dispraise the same, A man of well-attemper'd frame (Tennyson).</I> (SYN) censure. noun <B>dispraiser.</B> adv. <B>dispraisingly.</B> </DL>
<B>disprivilege, </B>transitive verb, <B>-leged,</B> <B>-leging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to deprive of privileges; make underprivileged. </DL>
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<B>disprize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-prized,</B> <B>-prizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) to disdain. </DL>
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<B>disproduct, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a harmful product, especially one that is the result of negligence on the part of the producer. <BR> <I>Ex. The National Bureau of Economic Research ... is trying to revise the system of economic accounting so that it will gauge the cost of noxious factories, landscape wreckers, noise and other "disproducts" (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>disprofit, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD><I>v.t. </I> to bring disadvantage to; damage; inconvenience. <DD><I>noun </I> a disadvantage; damage; loss. </DL>
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<B>disproof, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a disproving; refutation. (SYN) confutation. <DD><B> 2. </B>a fact or reason that disproves something. </DL>
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<B>disproportion, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the lack of proper proportion; lack of symmetry. <BR> <I>Ex. This personal approach breathes life into the account but also leads to disproportion in treatment (Scientific America).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>something out of proportion. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to make disproportionate. <BR> <I>Ex. Statutes that disproportion punishment to crime (Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton).</I> </DL>
