Disposition

Disposition
Disposition Dis`po*si"tion, n. [F. disposition, dispositio, fr. disponere to dispose; dis- + ponere to place. See {Position}, and cf. {Dispone}.] 1. The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will. [1913 Webster]

Who have received the law by the disposition of angels. --Acts vii. 53. [1913 Webster]

The disposition of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be of a piece. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

2. The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice. [1913 Webster]

3. Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction. [1913 Webster]

4. Conscious inclination; propension or propensity. [1913 Webster]

How stands your disposition to be married? --Shak. [1913 Webster]

5. Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind. ``A man of turbulent disposition.'' --Hallam. ``He is of a very melancholy disposition.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster]

His disposition led him to do things agreeable to his quality and condition wherein God had placed him. --Strype. [1913 Webster]

6. Mood; humor. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]


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  • Dispositĭon — (v. lat.), 1) Anordnung, Verordnung; so hießen Dispositiones, die Verordnungen der römischen Kaiser für den Augenblick, z.B. wenn er in den Krieg ziehen, verreisen etc. wollte. Dieses gehörte in ein eigenes Departement (Scrinium). das unter dem… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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