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Webster 1913 Edition
Disposition
Disˊpo-si′tion
,Noun.
1.
The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal;
as, the
. disposition
of a man’s property by willWho have received the law by the
disposition
of angels. Acts vii. 53.
The
disposition
of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be of a piece. Dryden.
2.
The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order;
as, the
disposition
of the trees in an orchard; the disposition
of the several parts of an edifice.3.
Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality;
as, a
disposition
in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition
in bodies to putrefaction.4.
Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.
How stands your
disposition
to be married? Shakespeare
5.
Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind.
“A man of turbulent disposition.” Hallam.
“He is of a very melancholy disposition.” Shak.
His
disposition
led him to do things agreeable to his quality and condition wherein God had placed him. Strype.
6.
Mood; humor.
Syn. – Disposal; adjustment; regulation; arrangement; distribution; order; method; adaptation; inclination; propensity; bestowment; alienation; character; temper; mood. –
Disposition
, Character
, Temper
. Disposition is the natural humor of a person, the predominating quality of his character, the constitutional habit of his mind. Character is this disposition influenced by motive, training, and will. Temper is a quality of the fiber of character, and is displayed chiefly when the emotions, especially the passions, are aroused. Webster 1828 Edition
Disposition
DISPOSITION
,Noun.
1.
The act of disposing, or state of being disposed.2.
Manner in which things or the parts of a complex body are placed or arranged; order; method; distribution; arrangement. We speak of the disposition of the infantry and cavalry of an army; the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice, of the parts of a discourse, or of the figures in painting.3.
Natural fitness or tendency. The refrangibility of the rays of light is their disposition to be refracted. So we say, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upwards; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction.4.
Temper or natural constitution of the mind; as an amiable or an irritable disposition.5.
Inclination; propensity; the temper or frame of mind, as directed to particular objects. We speak of the disposition of a person to undertake a particular work; the dispositions of men towards each other; a disposition friendly to any design.6.
Disposal; alienation; distribution; a giving away or giving over to another; as, he has made disposition of his effects; he has satisfied his friends by the judicious disposition of his property.