disposer (dispozer)

One who or that which disposes; a distributer, bestower, or di rector. The gods appoint him The absolute disposer of the earth, That has the sharpest sword. Fletcher ( and another ?), Prophete , v. 1. Forget not those virtues which the great Disposer of all bids thee to entertain. Sir T. Browne , Christ. Mor., i. 27. Leave events to their Disposer . Boyle . I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff. Wotton. disposingly (dis-pō'zing-li), adv. In a manner to dispose, regulate, or govern. disposition (dis-po-zish'on), n. [ = disposition = Sp. disposicion = Pg. disposição = It. disposizione, Disposicion is a certain bestowing of thinges, and an apt declaring what is meete for every parte, as tyme and place doe beste require. Sir T. Wilson, Rhetoric (1553). No diligence can rebuild the universe in a model, by the best accumulation or disposition of details. Emerson, E ays, 1st ser., p. 408. looked out on a square completely em A big church... French, a square of a fine modern disposition ,... bell i shed with trees and allegorical statues, H. James , Jr., Little Tour, p. 178. McPherson brought up Logan's division while he de ployed Crocker's for the a ault. Sherman made similar dispositions on the right. U. S. Grant , Personal Memoirs, I. 504. dispositor 2. Disposal; plan or arrangement for the disposal, distribution, or alienation of something; definite settlement with regard to some matter; ultimate destination: as, he has made a good disposition of his property; what disposi tion do you intend to make of this picture? Indeed I will not think on the disposition of them which have sinned before death, before judgment, before destruction: but I will rejoice over the disposition of the righteous, and I will remember also their pilgrimage and the salvation and the reward that they shall have. 2 Esd. viii. 38, 39. 3. In arch., the arrangement of the whole design by means of ichnography (plan), orthography (section and elevation), and scenography (perspective view). It differs from distribution, which signifies the particular arrangement of the internal parts of a building. 4. Guidance; control; order; command; decree: as, the dispositions of the statute. I putte me in thy proteccioun, Dyane, and in thi disposicioun . Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1506. Who have received the law by the disposition of angels. Acts vii. 53. Appoint [i, e., arraign] not heavenly disposition , father; Nothing of all these evils hath befallen me But justly. Milton , S. A., 1. 373. 5. Aptitude; inclination; tendency; readine to take on any character or habit: said of things animate or inanimate, but especially of an emotional tendency or mood. When the accident of sickne and the natural disposi tion do second the one the other, this disease should be more forcible. Bacon, Nat. Hist., § 64. Disposition is an habit begun, but not perfected:... for example, of the disposition that a man hath to learning, he is said to be studious: but of perfect habit, gotten by continual study in learning, he is said to be learned, which import eth a perfection which is more than a disposition . Blundeville. I have ever endeavoured to nourish the merciful dis position and humane inclination I borrowed from my parents. Sir T. Browne, Religio Medici, ii. 1. 6. Natural tendency or constitution of the mind; intellectual and moral bent; innate temper: as, an amiable or an irritable disposition. Thei that purposen to be good and trewe, Weel sette by noble disposicioun, Contynue in good condicioun, Thei are the first that fallen in damage. Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 77. I have suffered more for their sakes, more than the villainous inconstancy of man's disposition is able to bear. Shak ., M. W. of W., iv. 5. This is not the first day wherein thy wisdom is manifested; but from the beginning of thy days all the people have known thy understanding, because the disposition of thine heart is good. Judith viii. 29. I am in love with your Disposition , which is generous, and I verily think you were never guilty of any pusilanimous Act in your Life. Howell , Letters, I. v. 11. 7. In Scots law, a unilateral deed of alienation, by which a right to property, especially heritable property, is conveyed.-8. Health; bodily well-being. [A Gallicism, perhaps.] Grace, and good disposition , 'tend your ladyship. Shak ., T. N., iii. 1. 9. Maintenance; allowance. I crave fit disposition for my wife; Due reference of place, and exhibition; With such accommodation, and besort, As levels with her breeding. Shak ., Othello, i. 3. Disposition and settlement, in Scots law, the name usually given to a deed by which a person provides for the general disposal of his property, heritable and movable, after his death. =Syn. 1 and 2. Adjustment, regulation, bestowment, cla ification, grouping, ordering. - 5 and 6. Inclination, Tendency, etc. See bent1. dispositional (dis-po-zish'on-al, a. [