dispose
/dɪsˈpoʊz/ verb C1- To eliminate or to get rid of something. · I dispose of my trash in the garbage can.
- To distribute or arrange; to put in place.
- To deal out; to assign to a use.
- To incline. · In these uncertain times, I am disposed towards caution.
He/she/it disposes · Past disposed · Past participle disposed · -ing form disposing
Verb forms
- Base form
- dispose
- He/she/it
- disposes
- Past
- disposed
- Past participle
- disposed
- -ing form
- disposing
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Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed increase their means of injuring you.
“How strange,” continued the king, with some asperity; “the police think that they have disposed of the whole matter when they say, ‘A murder has been committed,’ and especially so when they can add, ‘And we are on the track of the guilty persons.’”
That disposes of the idea of suicide anyhow.
Cavalcanti because he appeared disposed to interfere between us.
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