Disposes
[dis'pəuziz]
Examples
- Let us suppose that he generally disposes of his whole stock upon hand, or of goods to the value of his whole stock upon hand, once in the year. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He can safely pardon or neglect them, and his consciousness of his own superiority naturally disposes him to do so. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The Surrogate knows me, when I go down to be sworn; and disposes of me easily, as if there were a Masonic understanding between us. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Man proposes and God disposes. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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