dispositional

[Eng. disposition; -al.] Of or pertaining to disposition. †dis-pos-i-tioned, a. [Eng. disposition; ed.] Having or endowed with a disposition. "Lord Clinton was indeed sweetly dispositioned." Brooke: Fool of Quality , ii. 150. ( Davies .) *dis-põş-i-tive, a . [Fr. dis positif ; Ital. & Sp. dispositivo , from Lat. dis posit us , pa. par. of dis pono .] 1. Implying or determining the disposal of property. "The dispositive power, which the throne always carries with it, of all."-Good win: Works, vol. ii., pt. iv., p. 157. 2. Disposing, arranging, regulating. "His dispositive wisdom and power."- Bates : Great Day of Resignation. 3. Pertaining to the natural disposition or temperament. "Not under any intentional piety, and habitual or dis positive holine ." Bishop artificial Handsome ne , p. 84. *dis-põş'-It-ive-ly, adv . [Eng. dispositive ; -ly.] 1. In a dispositive manner; distributively. "That axiome in philosophy.. is also dispost . Vulgar Errors , bk. iii., ch. ix. (6) A humor, mood, caprice, or fancy. "Now I will be your Rosalind in a more coming-on dis- tively verified in the efficient or producer."- Browne : position."- Shakesp .: As You Like It, iv. 1. [DESPON "The day of her disposories to the prince her hus band."-Heylin: Life of Laud , p. 115. ( Davies .) dis-pöş-şě , v. t. [Pref. dis. and Eng. po ESS (q. v.); Fr. dépo éder.] 1. To put out of po e ion, to deprive of any po e ion or occupancy; to di eize, to eject, to dislodge. "These nations are more than I; how can I dispo e them?"- Deut . vii. 17. It is followed by of , but from was formerly also used. IMG:content-0163.png:[blocks in formation] "All order and disposure." Ben Jonson: Epitaph on M. Vincent Corbet. A state, posture, or condition. "They remained in a kind of warlike disposure ." Wotton : Reliquiæ Wottonianæ. *dis-prā iş-a-ble, *dis-prā'iş-l-ble, a. [Eng. disprais (e); -able .] Unworthy of praise or commendation; illaudable. "It is dispraisable either to be sensele or fencele ." -Adams: Works, ii. 462. ( Davies .) *dis-prāişe, *dis-preise, *dis-preyse, *dyspreys-yn, v. t. [O. Fr. despreisier , desprisier : O. Fr. des Lat. dis away, apart, and O. Fr. preisier , prisierto value; Sp. despreciar ; Port. desprezar ; Ital. disprezzare , dispregiare ; Fr. dépriser = to undervalue, to depreciate.] To blame, to find fault with, to censure; to expre disapprobation of. excuses tho fende and dispreyses God."Wycliffe: Select Works , iii. 162. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, "He IMG:content-0164.png:[blocks in formation] How nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions ." Mitton: P. L. , viii. 25-7. 3. An absence of due proportion in the component parts of a compound. dis-pro-pör-tion, v. t . [DISPROPORTION, 8.] To make out of proportion; to disfigure, to deform. "To disproportion me in every part." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. III . , iii. 2. dis-pro-pör-tion-a-ble, a . [Pref. dis , and Eng, proportionable (q. v.).] Out of proportion or har mony; disproportional, disproportionate. so disproportion able parts." Bp. Taylor: Contempl., bk. ,ch. vi. dis-pro-pör-tion-a-ble-ne , s. [ Eng.dispro- portion able; -ne .] The quality of being out of proportion; unsuitability, unfitne , inadequacy. IMG:content-0165.png:[blocks in formation] "It is very disproportional to the understanding of childhood."- Locke : Education , § 158. dis-pro-pör-tion-al-i-tỹ, *dis-pro-pör-tion- al-1-tle, s . [Eng. disproportional ; -ity .] A want of proportion; the state of being disproportional. "The world so is setten free More: Song of the Soul , III. ii. 60. dis-pro-pör-tion-al-ly, adv . [Eng. dispro- portional ; -ly . In a disproportionate manner; dis proportionably, unsuitably, inadequately. *dis-pro-pör-tion-al-ne , s. [Eng. dispropor- tional ; -ne .] The quality or state of being dis- proportional. dis-pro-por-tion-ate, a . [Pref. dis ; Eng. pro- portion ate (q. v.).] Out of proportion; dispropor- tional, disproportioned; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value or extent; inadequate. "How can such a cause produce an effect so dispropor- tionate ?"-Glanvill: Pre - existence of Souls , ch. ii. dis-pro-pör-tion-ate-ly, adv . [Eng. dispropor- tionate; -ly.] In a disproportionate manner or degree; out of proportion. "He would Have made them mules, silenced their pleaders, Dispropertied their freedoms." Shakesp.: Coriolanus , ii. 1. dis-pro-pör-tioned, a . [English disproportion ; -ed.] Made or put out of proportion; made dispro- portion ate; out of proportion. "Should one order disproportioned grow, Its double weight must ruin all below." "The thoughts of those I cannot but disprove , Who basely lost, their thraldome must bemone." Stirling: Aurora , son. 27. dis-prôv-er, s. [Eng. disprov (e); -er.] *1. One who disproves, refutes, or confutes. *2. One who disapproves; a disapprover. "Like an impatient lutanist vided of strings."-Boyle: Works , vi. 40. IMG:content-0166.png:[blocks in formation] "Thou then that hast dispunged my score On Thee I call." disputable