All 5 Uses of
dispose
in
Resistance to Civil Government
- Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents on injustice.†
(definition 1)
- They will wait, well disposed, for other to remedy the evil, that they may no longer have it to regret.†
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- How shall he ever know well that he is and does as an officer of the government, or as a man, until he is obliged to consider whether he will treat me, his neighbor, for whom he has respect, as a neighbor and well-disposed man, or as a maniac and disturber of the peace, and see if he can get over this obstruction to his neighborliness without a ruder and more impetuous thought or speech corresponding with his action.†
(definition 1)
- I find myself disposed to ... discover a pretext for conformity.
(definition 1) *disposed = inclined (having a tendency to)
- he is unable to take a fact out of its merely political relations, and behold it as it lies absolutely to be disposed of by the intellect
(definition 2) *disposed = settled
Definitions:
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(1) (dispose as in: Is she disposed to help?) inclined (with a tendency to; or in the mood to)editor's notes: This is usually seen in the form "disposed to..." or "disposed toward..."
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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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(dispose as in: dispose of the waste) to throw away