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The Meaning of dispose

  • (v. t.) To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.
  • (v. t.) To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
  • (v. t.) To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. i.) To bargain; to make terms.
  • (n.) Disposal; ordering; management; power or right of control.
  • (n.) Cast of mind; disposition; inclination; behavior; demeanor.

Synonyms

fling , cast aside , cast away , throw out , toss , cast out , throw away , toss out , discard , chuck out , incline , put away , toss away , qualify , lag , put to sleep , convulse , banish , tuck away , incarcerate , expel , thresh , flip , boot out , ban , kick out , slash , lock up , lock , turf out , put aside , remand , advance , shut up , blackball , chuck , jactitate , cast , splurge , put behind bars , sky , throw , thresh about , oust , imprison , immure , jail , exclude , thrash about , dismiss , shut away , jug , pitch , thrash , shun , drum out , turn out , gaol , drop , ostracise , lock in , lock away , ostracize , tuck in , eject , cast off , throw off , shake off , shed , be given , slope , lean , run , tend , stipulate , restrict , measure up , modify , condition , characterize , specify , characterise , influence , actuate , draw , impel , induce , move , stir , compel , drive , incite , instigate , persuade , sway , excite , lead , prompt , urge , sell

Antonyms

indispose , disincline , deter , dissuade , impede , prevent , restrain , retard , discourage , hinder , inhibit

Rhymes

alagoas , ambrose , arose , beaus , bestows , blose , blows , boase , boes , bongos , bose , boulos , bowes , bows , boze , brose , bulldoze , chose , close , clothes , compose , cose , cowes , crose , crows , croze , decompose , demos , depose , disclose , dominoes , dominos , doze , dubose , duclos , eaux , enclose , eskimos , expose , fallows , foes , foreclose , froze , ghose , glows , gloze , goes , goghs , gose , grose , groseclose , grows , hose , impose , interpose , joes , jos , juxtapose , klose , knows , kroes , kroeze , loews , logos , lowes , lows , meadows , melrose , misdiagnose , moes , mose , ngos , noes , nose , ohs , ooohs , oppose , ose , overexpose , owes , pharos , pose , pows , predispose , presuppose , primrose , propose , pros , prose , rainbows , reimpose , repos , repose , rockrose , rohs , rose , rowes , rows , shadows , slows , snows , sows , stavros , studios , superimpose , suppose , tempos , those , throes , throws , toes , tomorrows , tows , transpose , troas , yoes