All 5 Uses of
dispose
in
Hard Times
- Eyeing Mr. Bounderby from head to foot again, he turned from him, as from a man finally disposed of, to Mr. Gradgrind.†
Chpt 1.6
- What with a cooling drink adapted to the weather, but not so weak as cool; and what with a rarer tobacco than was to be bought in those parts; Tom was soon in a highly free and easy state at his end of the sofa, and more than ever disposed to admire his new friend at the other end.†
Chpt 2.3
- Not much of that, Mr. Harthouse, unless some fair creature with a slashing fortune at her own disposal would take a fancy to me.
Chpt 2.7 *disposal = command
- It matters little now, except as it may dispose you to think more leniently of his errors.'†
Chpt 2.12
- I was made in the cheapest market, and have to dispose of myself in the dearest.'†
Chpt 3.8 *
Definitions:
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(dispose as in: disposed the troops along...) the arrangement, positioning, or use of thingseditor's notes: This sense of dispose can be used in the form disposal to indicate that a person can use something as they wish -- as in:
- I am at your disposal.
- She has many assets at her disposal.
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(dispose as in: dispose of the waste) to throw away