disposing

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of dispose. Use this form for an action happening now or for the name of the action.

   She is disposing of the old furniture this weekend.

   He kept disposing of the trash without sorting any of it.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Causing a person to lean toward a certain feeling or choice.

   Like a gentle push that makes someone lean one way instead of another.

   Her kind words had a disposing effect, making him more open to the plan.

   A calm room can be disposing toward honest conversation.

   Similarconducive, favorable, encouraging, formative

   Oppositediscouraging, unfavorable

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3. 3
   adjective

   Pleasant, and leaving a person feeling friendly or kind.

   Like a warm smile that makes you feel friendly in return.

   His disposing manner put everyone in the room at ease.

   The host had a disposing warmth that made every guest feel welcome.

   Similardisarming, winning, engaging, endearing, agreeable

   Oppositeoff-putting, alienating, disagreeable, repellent

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4. 4
   adjective

   Having to do with giving away or legally handing over property.

   Like the part of a will that says who gets each thing.

   The disposing part of the will gave the house to her daughter.

   A disposing document must be signed in front of witnesses.

   Similardispositive

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5. 5
   adjective

   Able to make a full and sensible plan for who gets one's property.

   The court agreed she had a disposing mind when she wrote the will.

   Two doctors told the judge that her father still had a disposing memory when he signed.

   Similartestamentary

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6. 6
   noununcountable

   The way something is arranged or set out.

   Like setting out plates and forks neatly along a table.

   The careful disposing of the furniture made the room feel larger.

   Her neat disposing of the decorations showed real skill.

   Similararrangement, deployment, placement, positioning, ordering

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