To set in order; place or distribute in a particular order; put; arrange: as, the ships were disposed in the form of a crescent; the trees are disposed in the form of a quincunx.Specifically To regulate; adjust; set in right order.To place, locate, or settle suitably: chiefly reflexive.To give direction or tendency to; set, place, or turn (toward a particular end, consequence, or result, or in a particular direction); adapt.To incline the mind or heart of.To make over or part with, as by gift, sale, or other means of alienation; alienate or bestow: as, “he disposed all church preferments to the highest bidder,”Synonyms To range, rank, group.Order, regulate, fit.Lead, induce.To make disposition; determine the arrangement or settlement of something.To bargain; make terms.To exercise control over; direct the disposal or course of: as, they have full power to dispose of their possessions.n. Disposal; power of disposing; management.n. Dispensation; act of government; management.n. Cast of behavior; demeanor.n. Disposition; cast of mind; inclination.