All 4 Uses of
dispose
in
The Good Soldier
- She arrogated to herself the right because Edward's affairs were in such a frightful state and he lied so about them that she claimed the privilege of having his secrets at her disposal.
Part 1disposal = command
- Edward, that is to say, regarded himself as having his own body and soul at his own disposal.
Part 3
- Leonora then had three thousand a year at her disposal.
Part 3 *
- It was as if Leonora and Nancy banded themselves together to do execution, for the sake of humanity, upon the body of a man who was at their disposal.
Part 4
Definition:
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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.