All 17 Uses of
dispose
in
War and Peace
- The vicomte was a nice-looking young man with soft features and polished manners, who evidently considered himself a celebrity but out of politeness modestly placed himself at the disposal of the circle in which he found himself.
Chpt 1disposal = command
- Though he expected that the story of his escapade would be already known in Moscow and that the ladies about his father—who were never favorably disposed toward him—would have used it to turn the count against him, he nevertheless on the day of his arrival went to his father's part of the house.†
Chpt 1
- These different people—businessmen, relations, and acquaintances alike—were all disposed to treat the young heir in the most friendly and flattering manner: they were all evidently firmly convinced of Pierre's noble qualities.†
Chpt 3
- Prince Andrew, who liked to help young men, was flattered by being asked for his assistance and being well disposed toward Boris, who had managed to please him the day before, he wished to do what the young man wanted.†
Chpt 3
- Only let me report this gentleman's business, and I shall be at your disposal.
Chpt 3disposal = command
- She had known him as a child, and now his friendship with Andrew, his misfortune with his wife, and above all his kindly, simple face disposed her favorably toward him.†
Chpt 5
- In a minute I shall be at your disposal.
Chpt 5 *disposal = command
- But either from fatigue or want of sleep he was ill-disposed for work and could get nothing done.†
Chpt 6
- "I am at your disposal," she murmured.†
Chpt 6
- "Do not think, however," she wrote, "that my father is ill-disposed toward you.†
Chpt 8
- Napoleon was in that well-known after-dinner mood which, more than any reasoned cause, makes a man contented with himself and disposed to consider everyone his friend.†
Chpt 9
- While in Petersburg Prince Andrew met Kutuzov, his former commander who was always well disposed toward him, and Kutuzov suggested that he should accompany him to the army in Moldavia, to which the old general had been appointed commander in chief.†
Chpt 9
- It was this: the Emperor did not assume the title of commander in chief, but disposed of all the armies; the men around him were his assistants.†
Chpt 9
- The most vigorous attack came from an old acquaintance, a boston player who had always been well disposed toward him, Stepan Stepanovich Adraksin.†
Chpt 9
- He sees well enough," said Prince Vasili rapidly, in a deep voice and with a slight cough—the voice and cough with which he was wont to dispose of all difficulties.†
Chpt 10
- Dispose of me.†
Chpt 11 *
- Pierre felt particularly well disposed toward them all, but was now instinctively on his guard for fear of binding himself in any way.†
Chpt 15
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