disposing

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disposing

adjective more disposing · most disposing

  1. Acting to predispose or incline. The indifference to life which is produced by opium is precisely the most disposing excitement to suicide.
  2. Agreeable; Leaving one kindly disposed. Subsequently, however, as the parties manifested a more disposing demeanor, the lower court appointed a commissioner to appraise the value of the improvements on the land.
  3. Capable of specifying a complete and reasonable disposal of one's estate. In the name and fear of God, I Jane Ford of Oldswinford in the county of Worcester Widdow Relict & Exec of Joseph Ford gent my late dear husband deceased having in mind the certainty of death but great uncertainty of the time thereof & being desirous to settle my affairs & being now in perfect mind
  4. Involving the disposal or legal transfer of property. Bayley, J., before whom the prisoner was tried, said, to bring the case within the statute, the order must be such as, on the face of it, imports to be made by a person who has a disposing power over the funds.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of dispose

noun disposings

  1. The act by which things are disposed, or set out.

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Closest in meaning: cast out, cast away, cast aside, throw away, chuck out, discard, toss out, throw out, put away, toss, incline, fling, qualify, toss away, disposal, removal

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@misc{disposing_2026,
  title = {disposing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disposing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}