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To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent. Who hath disposed the whole world Job xxxiv. 13. All ranged in order and disposed with grace. Pope. The rest themselves in troops did else dispose. Spenser.

Inclined; minded. When he was disposed to pass into Achaia. Acts xviii. 27.

The state of being disposed or inclined; inclination; propensity. [R.]

Disposal. [Obs.] Goodwin.

One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower. Absolute lord and disposer of all things. Barrow.

To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots. [R.] A. Brewer.

To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection. Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them examined. Locke.

The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.

One who exposes or discloses.

To bestow beforehand. [R.] King James had by promise foredisposed the place on the Bishop of Meath. Fuller.

To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose Within a wicker basket. Chapman.

Imposition. [Obs.]

One who imposes. The imposers of these oaths might repent. Walton.

Disordered; disturbed. [Obs.] Milton. -- In`com*po"sed*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- In`com*pos"ed*ness, n. [Obs.]

To disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat. Shak. It made him rather indisposed than sick. Walton.

The condition or quality of being indisposed. [R.] Bp. Hall.

To place under or beneath. [R.]

To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the eye and the light. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations. Cowper.

One who, or that which, interposes or intervenes; an obstacle or interruption; a mediator or agent between parties. Shak.

To place in juxtaposition. Huxley.