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Order; disposition; condition; as, to be in good trim. " The trim of an encounter." Chapman.

Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood. A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as when he . . . is dragged unwillingly to [his task]. Locke.

n European species (Turtur vulgaris), which is noted for its plaintive note, affectionate disposition, and devotion to its mate.

ive verbs, or are themselves employed as adjectives, to mark the absence of the activity, disposition, or condition implied by the participle; as, -- --- and the like.

Indisposition; disinclination.

iness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness. All dispositions to idleness or vacancy, even before they are habits, are dangerous. Sir H. Wotton.

Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein. Shak. Certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins. Bacon. Invoke the Muses, and improve my vein. Waller.…

Tartness; sourness, as of disposition.

Tending to breed vermin; infested by vermin. Some . . . verminous disposition of the body. Harvey.

Liable to be turned in opinion; changeable; variable; unsteady; inconstant; as versatile disposition.

The quality or state of being vibratile; disposition to vibration or oscillation. Rush.

the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats. A vicinity of disposition and relative tempers. Jer. Taylor.

Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition. "Refuted without satirical virulency." Barrow. The virulence of one declaimer, or the profundities and sublimities of the other. I. Taylor.

Quality or state of being volatile; disposition to evaporate; changeableness; fickleness.

short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four. The disposition, the manners, and the thoughts are all before it; where any of those are wanting or imperfect, so much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life. Dryden.

Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition. Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men. Shak.

ble, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition.

The quality or state of being whimsical; freakishness; whimsical disposition.

y or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness. God saw that the wickedness of man was great. Gen. vi. 5. Their inward part is very wickedness. Ps. v. 9.

The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction.