dispose

Etymology

From French disposer.

verb

1. (intransitive, used with "of") To eliminate or to get rid of something.
   I dispose of my trash in the garbage can.
2. To distribute or arrange; to put in place.
   I sat down within three feet of the entrance door, and I had no sooner got disposed than the door opened and a man came in[…]. 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, Bantam, published 1992, page 47
3. To deal out; to assign to a use.
   what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor 1818 (first published), John Evelyn, diary entry for 1634
4. To incline.
   In these uncertain times, I am disposed towards caution. (Used here intransitively in the passive voice)
   Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose / To future good our past and present woes.
5. (obsolete) To bargain; to make terms.
6. (obsolete) To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.

noun

1. (obsolete) The disposal or management of something.
   By thus doing, he submits himself to God's rod, commits himself to the dispose of his providence; yea, by thus doing, he casteth the lot of his present and future condition into the lap of his creditors, and leaves the whole dispose thereof to the Lord […] 1680, John Bunyan, The Life and Death of Mr Badman
2. (obsolete) Behaviour; disposition.