dispose
verb/dɪˈspəʊz/
/dɪˈspəʊz/
(formal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they dispose | /dɪˈspəʊz/ /dɪˈspəʊz/ |
| he / she / it disposes | /dɪˈspəʊzɪz/ /dɪˈspəʊzɪz/ |
| past simple disposed | /dɪˈspəʊzd/ /dɪˈspəʊzd/ |
| past participle disposed | /dɪˈspəʊzd/ /dɪˈspəʊzd/ |
| -ing form disposing | /dɪˈspəʊzɪŋ/ /dɪˈspəʊzɪŋ/ |
- dispose something/somebody + adv./prep. to arrange things or people in a particular way or position
- The visitors disposed themselves in a circle round the statue.
- to make somebody want to behave in a particular way
- dispose somebody to/toward(s) something a drug that disposes the patient towards sleep
- dispose somebody to do something a drug that disposes the patient to sleep
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French disposer, from Latin disponere ‘arrange’, influenced by dispositus ‘arranged’ and Old French poser ‘to place’.
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