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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dispose/dɪˈspəʊz/
▶verb
- 1 (dispose of) get rid of.
■ overcome (a rival or threat).
■ informal consume (food or drink) quickly or enthusiastically.
- 2 arrange in a particular position.
- 3 incline (someone) towards a particular activity or mood.
- 4 literary determine the course of events: man proposes, but God disposes.
– derivatives
disposer noun.
disposer noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. disposer, from L. disponere ‘arrange’, influenced by dispositus ‘arranged’ and OFr. poser ‘to place’.
'dispose' also found in these Oxford entries:
cremate
- dump
- fee simple
- flush
- freehold
- go
- hot
- life interest
- palm
- place
- remainder
- sell-off
- sulky
- white elephant
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In addition to - to dispose
when you want to dispose of someone in a private discussion?
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