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Having the tendency to produce fever; as, a feverous disposition of the year. [R.] Bacon.

Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him. [Colloq.]

A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty. A disposition radically noble and generous, clouded and overshadowed by superficial foibles. De Quincey.

Disposition to pardon; willingness to forgive. If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. Ps. cxxx. 3, 4.

cture of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular disposition or arrangement of matter, giving it individuality or distinctive character; configuration; figure; external appearance. The form of his visage was changed. Dan. iii. 19. And woven close close, both matter, form, and st…

Like or pertaining to the fox; foxlike in disposition or looks; wily. Modred's narrow, foxy face. Tennyson.

Particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame.

fic solemnities (varying in the several statutes) is required to give efficacy to certain dispositions of property. Wharton.

Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.

ion or quality of being frivolous; also, acts or habits of trifling; unbecoming levity of disposition.

r personal presence, as expressive of character or temper, and especially, of boldness of disposition, sometimes of impudence; seeming; as, a bold front; a hardened front. With smiling fronts encountering. Shak. The inhabitants showed a bold front. Macaulay.

The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; -- formerly used in the plural. King James his funerals were performed very solemnly in the collegiate church at Westminste…

d under, the Spanish system of law (called ganancial system) which controls the title and disposition of the property acquired during marriage by the husband or wife.

An East Indian species of wild cattle (Bibos gauris), of large size and an untamable disposition. [Spelt also gour.]

exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition. So much I feel my genial spirits droop. Milton.

The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.

The peculiar structure of mind with whoch each individual is endowed by nature; that disposition or aptitude of mind which is peculiar to each man, and which qualifies him for certain kinds of action or special success in any pursuit; special taste, inclination, or disposition; as, a genius for history, for poetry, or…

ugh, harsh, or stern; mild; meek; bland; amiable; tender; as, a gentle nature, temper, or disposition; a gentle manner; a gentle address; a gentle voice.

Having a kind or gentle disposition. Shak. -- Gen"tle-heart`ed*ness, n.

being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness.