dispose
dispose (dĭ-spōzʹ) verb
disposed, disposing, disposes
verb, transitive
1. To place or set in a particular order; arrange.
2. To put (business affairs, for example) into correct, definitive, or conclusive form.
3. To put into a willing or receptive frame of mind; incline. See synonyms at incline.
verb, intransitive
To settle or decide a matter.
noun
Obsolete.
1. Disposal.
2. Disposition; demeanor.
phrasal verb.
dispose of
1. To attend to; settle: disposed of the problem quickly.
2. To transfer or part with, as by giving or selling.
3. To get rid of; throw out.
4. To kill or destroy: a despot who disposed of all his enemies, real or imagined.
[Middle English disposen, from Old French disposer, alteration (influenced by poser, to put, place). See pose1 : of Latin dispōnere, to arrange : dis-, apart. See dis- + pōnere, to put.]
disposʹer noun