disposuren.
/dɪˈspəʊʒ(j)ʊə/ Now rare.† 2. Ordering, control, management, direction; dispensation; = disposal n. 1, disposition n. 3. Obsolete.† 4. Power or right to dispose of; = disposal n. 4, disposition n. 4b. Obsolete.† 5. Turn of mind; = disposition n. 6. Obsolete.
1. † b. Good order, orderly arrangement. Obsolete.
a. Arrangement, order; = disposition n. 1, 2.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun]
layingc1330
pitchinga1398
settinga1398
couchingc1400
stowingc1440
placingc1449
stelling1560
disposition1563
location1568
planting1585
situation1589
collocation1605
situating1611
disposurea1625
depositure1635
allodgement1639
instalment1646
fixation1652
deposition1659
lodgement1713
repositing1713
emplacement1742
bestowal1773
locating1774
disposal1828
placement1844
allocation1846
enlodgement1884
siting1902
a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. iii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rrr2 v/2 She is so great a Mistris of disposure.
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 123 The remarkable disposure of those yellow fringes about the purple Pestill of Aaron.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub 219 In my Disposure of Employments of the Brain, I have thought fit to make Invention the Master.
1824 Examiner 71/1 The disposure of the group is beautiful.
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the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > orderly condition or arrangement
ordinancec1390
pointa1393
direction1407
order?a1425
framec1475
orderliness1571
form1600
decorum1610
shape1633
disposurea1637
a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods xii. 14 in Wks. (1640) III A life that..was..All order, and Disposure, still.
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society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration
dispositionc1374
ministrationc1390
disposing1406
procuration?a1425
guidingc1425
economy?1440
conduct1454
solicitation1492
regimenta1500
mayning1527
enterprisea1533
handlinga1538
conduction1565
manyment1567
disposure1569
conveyance1572
managing1579
disposement1583
government1587
carriage1589
manage1591
steerage1597
management1598
steering1599
manurance1604
fixing1605
dispose1611
administry?1616
husbandry1636
dispensatorship1637
admin1641
managery1643
disposal1649
mesnagery1653
contrectation1786
conducting1793
wielding1820
managership1864
operation1872
operating1913
case management1918
1569 Colman Let. in J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. lv. 609 Disposures..and crosses are very grievous to the flesh.
1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. xvii. 119 Out of the placing of the Starres..out of their influence vp on Children..comes the whole disposure of their life and death.
1677 W. Bates Divinity Christian Relig. v. 194 In the disposures of Providence.
1689 Proc. Pres. Parl. Justified 5 Dissatisfied with the Management and Disposure of Affairs.
3. The action of disposing of, making over, settling, etc.; bestowal, assignment; = disposal n. 2, 3; disposition n. 4.
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society > law > transfer of property > [noun]
release1344
alienationc1425
conveying1483
transportc1485
state making1487
conveyance1523
designation1573
transferring1573
assignation1579
dispose1591
assignment1592
convey1592
disposing1638
disposurea1649
attornment1650
abalienation1656
transfer1674
disposal1697
conveyancing1714
transference1766
disposition1861
a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James I in Wks. (1711) 3 Rendring the Disposure thereof [revenue] Chast, Sincere and Pure for Expenses necessary and profitable.
1665 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 173 The disposure and assignment of this prodigious royal aid of £2,500,000.
1682 Pennsylvania Arch. I. 50 Ye Disposure of wen you have already made of great Scopes of land.
1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iii. 168 Disposure of the commerce—that took time.
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society > authority > [noun] > authority to deal with as one pleases
dispositionc1374
devotion1558
dispose1594
disposure1606
disposal1630
1606 J. Ford Honor Triumphant sig. B4v Inchained, to the disposure of his ladie.
1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. C3 Surrendring vp My will and faculties to your disposure.
1661 E. Burrough Just & Righteous Plea 20 At the Will and Disposure of the Almighty we are.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. iii. 38 To acquire Creditors is not at the Disposure of each Man's Arbitriment.
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the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun]
heartOE
erda1000
moodOE
i-mindOE
i-cundeOE
costc1175
lundc1175
evena1200
kinda1225
custc1275
couragec1300
the manner ofc1300
qualityc1300
talentc1330
attemperancec1374
complexionc1386
dispositiona1387
propertyc1390
naturea1393
assay1393
inclinationa1398
gentlenessa1400
proprietya1400
habitudec1400
makingc1400
conditionc1405
habitc1405
conceitc1425
affecta1460
ingeny1477
engine1488
stomach?1510
mind?a1513
ingine1533
affection1534
vein1536
humour?1563
natural1564
facultyc1565
concept1566
frame1567
temperature1583
geniusa1586
bent1587
constitution1589
composition1597
character1600
tune1600
qualification1602
infusion1604
spirits1604
dispose1609
selfness1611
disposure1613
composurea1616
racea1616
tempera1616
crasisc1616
directiona1639
grain1641
turn1647
complexure1648
genie1653
make1674
personality1710
tonea1751
bearing1795
liver1800
make-up1821
temperament1821
naturalness1850
selfhood1854
Wesen1854
naturel1856
sit1857
fibre1864
character structure1873
mentality1895
mindset1909
psyche1910
where it's (he's, she's) at1967
1613 G. Chapman Reuenge Bussy D'Ambois iv. sig. H2 His sweet disposure As much abhorring to behold, as doe Any vnnaturall and bloudy action.
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