As I perchance hereafter shall think meet
To put an antic disposition on.
Shak.
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.
Dis`po*si"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to disposition.
Dis`po*si"tioned (?), a. Having (such) a disposition; -- used in compounds; as, well- dispositioned.
Dis*pos"i*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. dispositif.] 1. Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive. [Obs.]
His dispositive wisdom and power.
Bates.
2. Belonging to disposition or natural, tendency. [Obs.] "Dispositive holiness." Jer. Taylor.
Dis*pos"i*tive*ly, adv. In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Do dispositively what Moses is recorded to have done literally, . . . break all the ten commandments at once.
Boyle.
Dis*pos"it*or (?), n. [L. See Disposition.] 1. A disposer.
2. (Astrol.) The planet which is lord of the sign where another planet is. [Obs.] Crabb.
Dis`pos*sess" (?; see Possess), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispossessed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispossessing.] [Pref. dis- + possess: cf. F. déposséder.] To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown.
Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain.
Goldsmith.
Dis`pos*ses"sion (?), n. [Cf. F. dépossession.] 1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. Bp. Hall.
2. (Law) The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster.
Dis`pos*sess"or (?), n. One who dispossesses. Cowley.
Dis*post" (?), v. t. To eject from a post; to displace. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode).
Dis*po"sure (?), n. [From Dispose.] 1. The act of disposing; power to dispose of; disposal; direction.
Give up
My estate to his disposure.
Massinger.