Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To set in order; arrange; dispose.
  • In Scots law, to make over or convey to another in a legal form.
  • To make disposition or arrangement; dispose: absolutely or with of.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb (Her.) To dispose.
  • transitive verb To dispose of.
  • transitive verb (Scots Law) To make over, or convey, legally.

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  • verb transitive (law) To convey legal authority to another.

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Examples

  • La AJAC, la Agrupación de Jóvenes Arquitectos de Cataluña dependiente del Colegio de Arquitectos de Cataluña, dispone de un espacio expositivo propio dentro de la edición de 2009 de Casa Decor, en la sede de Barcelona, y que en tendrá lugar en la Casa Llorens, de estilo modernista.

    Espacio AJAC en Casa Decor | [bauen] 2009

  • The verb “dispone” was mostly used in the 16th century; whether Ying was given the title or bought it is not specified.

    Posthuman Blues Mac 2007

  • Bitelia » Flickr ya dispone de Geotagging en el Organizr

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  • La empresa propone, y el usuario dispone … « Aprender a emprender

    Amateur Hour Over At Twitter? Michael Arrington 2005

  • Church, did so dispone all thingis, that Sathane schorte after fand him self far disapointed of his conclusioun tackin.

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • Sir Patrick answered again with ane sore heart, and said, 'My Lord, ye have taken from him his head, dispone upon the body as ye please;' and with that called for his horse and leapt thereon.

    Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets George Reid 1862

  • Dinna let the warld get a grip o 'ye, Jock --- but keep the gear thegither! and whate'er ye do, dispone Beersheba at no rate.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

  • ` ` It would kill me to do't --- how can ye bid me pay back siller, when ye ken how I want it? or dispone Beersheba, when it lies sae weel into my ain plaid-nuik?

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

  • Dinna let the warld get a grip o 'ye, Jock -- but keep the gear thegither! and whate'er ye do, dispone Beersheba at no rate.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801

  • Dinna let the warld get a grip o 'ye, Jock -- but keep the gear thegither! and whate'er ye do, dispone Beersheba at no rate.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801

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