All 3 Uses of
dispose
in
Ethan Frome
- She was quick to learn, but forgetful and dreamy, and not disposed to take the matter seriously.†
Chpt 1 *
- Her nearest relations had been induced to place their savings in her father's hands, and though, after his death, they ungrudgingly acquitted themselves of the Christian duty of returning good for evil by giving his daughter all the advice at their disposal, they could hardly be expected to supplement it by material aid.
Chpt 3 *disposal = command
- Most people were either indifferent to his troubles, or disposed to think it natural that a young fellow of his age should have carried without repining the burden of three crippled lives.†
Chpt 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