disposed

[ dih-spohzd ]

/ dɪˈspoʊzd /

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adjective

having a certain inclination or disposition; inclined (usually followed by to or an infinitive): a man disposed to like others.

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Origin of disposed

1300–50; Middle English. See dispose, -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM disposed

dis·pos·ed·ly, adverbdis·pos·ed·ness, nounhalf-dis·posed, adjectivenon·dis·posed, adjective

Words nearby disposed

disposable income, disposable personal income, disposable soma theory, disposal, dispose, disposed, dispose of, disposer, disposition, dispositional, dispositive

How to use disposed in a sentence

At a time when few are disposed to see history as a branch of literature, Lepore occupies a prominent place in American letters.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine|Tom Arnold-Forster|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The image of children being disposed of in such a barbaric and depraved manner outraged people across the world.
Ireland’s ‘Mother and Baby Home’ Horror Goes Beyond Tuam’s Dead Infants|Patsy McGarry|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The experience of battle soon taught its lesson even to those who came into the field more bitterly disposed.
The Real Memorial Day: Oliver Wendell Holmes's Salute To A Momentous American Anniversary|Malcolm Jones|May 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“TV and video games condition us to forget how bodies are disposed of,” she says.
The Price of Being a Patton: Wrestling With the Legacy of America’s Most Famous General|Tim Teeman|May 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Some is sold as a liming agent, and some is disposed of in landfills (though it used to be sent to Colorado to fertilize crops).
Toilet Made for Densely Populated Settlements Turns Waste Into Dollars|Mike Miesen|April 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“And the matter of the will was all disposed of by the probate judge today, I hear,” said the judge, his hand on the door.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
But once Austria was disposed of, Prussia and Russia met their punishment for having given her secret or open aid.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
I am distinctly conscious of feeling more kindly disposed to that young man.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
Our friend, Mr Allcraft, I am sorry to say, does not feel disposed to help us once more through the pressure.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The crowd disposed itself on the fringe of the sward, and the duellists went forward, and set about the preparations.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for disposed

disposed

/ (dɪˈspəʊzd) /

adjective

having an inclination as specified (towards something)
(in combination)well-disposed

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