to get rid of something that is no longer wanted or needed.
Please dispose of the empty bottles in the recycling bin.
The company will dispose of its old computers safely.
to arrange people or things in a particular position or order.
The waiter disposed the silverware neatly on each table.
She disposed the books alphabetically on the shelves.
✦ From Middle English 'disposen', borrowed from Old French 'disposer' meaning 'to put in order', ultimately from Latin 'disponere' ('dis-' meaning 'apart' + 'ponere' meaning 'to place').
to influence someone to be willing to do something or to have a certain attitude.
The kind words disposed him to help his neighbor.
Nothing could dispose her to change her mind.
to transfer ownership of property to someone else.
The king disposed his lands to loyal nobles.
She disposed of her estate among her children.
