disposed

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈspoʊzd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈspəʊzd/

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• Rhymes: (General American) -oʊzd, (Received Pronunciation) -əʊzd

Verb

disposed

1. simple past and past participle of dispose

Adjective

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.
   • 1610–1614, John Fletcher, “The Tragedie of Valentinian”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     The wenches are disposed

Derived terms

• ill-disposed
• well-disposed

 

Translations

inclined

• Maori: mariu

References

• “disposed”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• sidepods