To arrange or organize something in a particular way, or to get rid of something. It can also mean to make someone inclined toward a particular attitude or action.
From Latin 'dis-' (apart, away) + 'ponere' (to place) → 'disponere' meaning 'to place apart or arrange.' The word entered Middle English via Old French 'disposer,' evolving to mean both arranging things in order and putting things away or apart from oneself.
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