ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Disposing

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Disposing is an adjective meaning Acting to predispose or incline.

Meaning

Acting to predispose or incline.

More Meanings

  1. Agreeable; Leaving one kindly disposed.
  2. (law) Capable of specifying a complete and reasonable disposal of one's estate.
  3. (law) Involving the disposal or legal transfer of property.
  4. present participle and gerund of dispose
  5. The act by which things are disposed, or set out.

Example Sentences

Autumn was considered the season most disposing to melancholy.
A warm smile and the shine of intelligent blue eyes were also very disposing .
The indifference to life which is produced by opium is precisely the most disposing excitement to suicide.
Chlorpromazine is believed to be the most disposing to seizures, with a frequency of 3% to 5% at moderate (greater than 900 mg/day) doses.

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