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  1. 1. v. t. To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the indirect object. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To exercise finally one's power of control over; to pass over into the control of some one else, as by selling; to alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to get rid of; as, to dispose of a house; to dispose of one's time. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. i. To bargain; to make terms. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. Disposal; ordering; management; power or right of control. Source: opted
  8. 8. n. Cast of mind; disposition; inclination; behavior; demeanor. Source: opted
  9. 9. v. give, sell, or transfer to another Source: wordnet
  10. 10. v. throw or cast away Source: wordnet
  11. 11. v. make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief Source: wordnet
  12. 12. v. place or put in a particular order Source: wordnet

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