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  • noun Obsolete form of disposal.

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Examples

  • His whole soul is at her disposall and he no more retains the government of himself.

    John Adams diary, June 1753 - April 1754, September 1758 - January 1759 1966

  • I left 7 men with him & the absolute comand & disposall of all things; which being don I caused our ffurrs to bee put on board & the shipp to fall down to the mouth of the river to set saile the first faire wind.

    Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson Pierre Esprit Radisson 1673

  • With his & yours I received one from the Magistrates, giving an account of the disposall of what was sent hence the year before, which I have also communicated.

    Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

  • Sir, my desire is that it would therefore please the Lord to guide you all to make a prudent disposall & dispersion of the Pequts, which the Nanhiggonsick will further by peace or warr.

    Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

  • I hope I am syncerely willing & desireous to be at His disposall;

    Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

  • And if the saide maior and others of the saide towne of Stafford, shall prove so necligent or dishonest as not to imploy the rent by me given as intended and exprest in this my will, (which God forbid,) then I give the saide rents and profits, of the saide farme or land, to the towne and chiefe magestrats or governers of Ecles-hall, to be disposed by them in such maner as I have ordered the disposall of it, by the towne of Stafford, the said Farme or land being nere the towne of Ecles-hall.

    Waltoniana Inedited Remains in Verse and Prose of Izaak Walton Izaak Walton 1638

  • I shall be humbly bold to present mine owuc thoughts concerning a division & disposall of them: since the Most High delights in mercy, & great revenge hath bene all - ready taken, what if (the murtherera being executed) the rest be divided & dispersed, (according as their numbers shall arise, & division be thought fit) to become subiect to your selues in the Bay & at Qunoticut, which they will more easily doe in case they may be sufFred to incorporate with the natiues in either places: as allso tiiat as once Edgar the Peaceable did with the Welsh in North Wales,

    Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

  • Huntingdon, Gent. ", doe declare my mind in the disposall of my worldly goods as followeth:

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 01: Preface and Life Samuel Pepys 1668

  • Huntingdon, Gent. ", doe declare my mind in the disposall of my worldly goods as followeth:

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1660 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668

  • Huntingdon, Gent. ", doe declare my mind in the disposall of my worldly goods as followeth:

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668

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