Both Uses of
dispose
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- You have other means at your disposal; you must use them, my friend.
Chpt 8disposal = command
- Then she had changed her muslin frock for a dark traveling costume and mantle, had provided herself with money—which her husband's lavishness always placed fully at her disposal—and had started on her way.
Chpt 20 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(dispose as in: dispose of the waste) to throw away
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(2)
(dispose as in: dispose of the matter) to settle something so it no longer requires attention
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(3)
(dispose as in: dispose of the assets) sell or transfer to another
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(4)
(dispose as in: disposed the troops along...) the arrangement, positioning, or use of thingsThis 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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(5)
(dispose as in: Is she disposed to help?) inclined (with a tendency to; or in the mood to)This is usually seen in the form "disposed to..." or "disposed toward..."