disposed

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disposed

  1. simple past and past participle of dispose

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disposed (comparative more disposed, superlative most disposed)

  1. inclined, minded
    • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Acts 18:27:
      when he was disposed to pass into Achaia
    • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, . Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
    • 1943 May and June, Charles E. Lee, “The Blyth & Tyne Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 138:
      Shortly afterwards the North Eastern Railway made overtures for the purchase of the Blyth & Tyne system, and the directors of the latter were then disposed to sell, but, in view of their excellent dividend record, stood out for a good price.
  2. (in combination) Having a certain disposition.
    well-disposed; ill-disposed
  3. (obsolete) Inclined to mirth; jolly.

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