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dispose
verb
1 dispose
Give, sell, or transfer to another.
Roget 60:
reduce to order,
bring into order;
introduce order into;
rally.
arrange,
dispose,
place,
form;
put in order,
set in order,
place in order;
set out,
collocate,
pack,
marshal,
range,
size,
rank,
group,
parcel out,
allot,
distribute,
deal;
cast the parts,
assign the parts;
dispose of,
assign places to;
assort,
sort;
sift,
riddle;
put to rights,
set to rights,
put into shape,
put in trim,
put in array;
apportion.
class,
classify;
divide;
file,
string together,
thread;
register
etc.
(record)
551;
catalogue,
tabulate,
index,
graduate,
digest,
grade.
methodize,
regulate,
systematize,
coordinate,
organize,
settle,
fix.
unravel,
disentangle,
ravel,
card;
disembroil†;
feaze†.
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2 dispose
Throw or cast away.
synonyms: cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out ... show more.
Dutch: afdanken, verwerpen, afleggen
3 dispose
Make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief.
synonym: incline.
Roget 615:
induce,
move;
draw,
draw on;
bring in its train,
give an impulse
etc.
n.;
to;
inspire;
put up to,
prompt,
call up;
attract,
beckon.
stimulate
etc.
(excite)
824;
spirit up,
inspirit;
rouse,
arouse;
animate,
incite,
foment,
provoke,
instigate,
set on,
actuate;
act upon,
work upon,
operate upon;
encourage;
pat on the back,
pat on the shoulder,
clap on the back,
clap on the shoulder.
influence,
weigh with,
bias,
sway,
incline,
dispose,
predispose,
turn the scale,
inoculate;
lead by the nose;
have influence with,
have influence over,
have influence upon,
exercise influence with,
exercise influence over,
exercise influence upon;
go round,
come round one;
turn the head,
magnetize;
lobby.
persuade;
prevail with,
prevail upon;
overcome,
carry;
bring round to one's senses,
bring to one's senses;
draw over,
win over,
gain over,
come over,
talk over;
procure,
enlist,
engage;
invite,
court.
tempt,
seduce,
overpersuade†,
entice,
allure,
captivate,
fascinate,
bewitch,
carry away,
charm,
conciliate,
wheedle,
coax,
lure;
inveigle;
tantalize;
cajole
etc.
(deceive)
545.
tamper with,
bribe,
suborn,
grease the palm,
bait with a silver hook,
gild the pill,
make things pleasant,
put a sop into the pan,
throw a sop to,
bait the hook.
enforce,
force;
impel
etc.
(push)
276;
propel
etc.
284;
whip,
lash,
goad,
spur,
prick,
urge;
egg on,
hound,
hurry on;
drag
etc.
285;
exhort;
advise
etc.
695;
call upon
&c.;
press
etc.
(request)
765;
advocate.
set an example,
set the fashion;
keep in countenance.
be persuaded
&c.;
yield to temptation,
come round;
concede
etc.
(consent)
762;
obey a call;
follow advice,
follow the bent,
follow the dictates of;
act on principle.
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Roget 176:
tend,
contribute,
conduce,
lead,
dispose,
incline,
verge,
bend to,
trend,
affect,
carry,
redound to,
bid fair to,
gravitate towards;
promote
etc.
(aid)
707.
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4 dispose
Place or put in a particular order.
5 dispose
Make fit or prepared.
synonym: qualify.
Moby thesaurus: adjust, administer, affect, aim, align, allocate, allot, apportion, arrange, array, assign, bear, bend, bend to, bestow, bias, bring, call the shots, carry, collocate, color, compose, conclude, conduce, consume, contribute, control, cool off, deal, deal out, deal with, decide, demolish, deploy, destroy, determine, devour, direct, disburse, discard, dispense, disperse, dispose of, distribute, do away with, dole, dole out, dump, eat, emplace, engage, enlist, finish off, fix, form, get a fix, get rid of, get to do, give away, give out, go, govern, grade, group, guide, harmonize, have a tendency, head, hierarchize, hold a heading, home in on, incline, induce, influence, install, interest in, issue, jettison, junk, knock off, lay out, lead, lean, line, line up, localize, locate, look to, lure, make over, marshal, measure out, mete, mete out, methodize, motivate, move, navigate, normalize, order, organize, pacify, parcel out, part with, pass around, pay out, persuade, pin down, pinpoint, place, point, point to, polish off, portion out, position, predispose, procure, prompt, put, put away, put in place, quiet, rally, range, rank, redound to, regiment, regularize, regulate, routinize, rule, scrap, sell, serve, set, set out, set toward, set up, settle, show a tendency, situate, soften up, space, spoon out, spot, standardize, steer, structure, sway, systematize, tempt, tend, tend to go, throw away, throw out, tinge, tone, tranquilize, transfer, trash, trend, triangulate, turn, urge, verge, warp, wear down, wear the pants, weigh with, work, work toward, zero in on ... show more.
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