v.
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(dispose of)
get rid of.
▸overcome (a rival or threat).
▸informal consume (food or drink) quickly or enthusiastically.
- arrange in a particular position.
- incline (someone) towards a particular activity or mood.
- literary determine the course of events:
man proposes, but God disposes.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. disposer, from L. disponere ‘arrange’, influenced by dispositus ‘arranged’ and OFr. poser ‘to place’.