dispose vb. (“dispose of” is common in sense 2)
1.
to place or
distribute, to manage, do with H5 IV. Chor. 51,
H8 I. ii. 116
“these so noble benefits
. . . Not well d-'d,”
Troil. IV. v. 115
“His blows are well
d-'d: there, Ajax!.”
3.
to regulate, order,
direct
H5 IV. iii. 132
“how thou pleasest, God,
the
day!”
: refl. to direct one's action Wint. I. ii. 179, Per. I. ii. 117; also in
gerund “disposing”=direction, arrangement John V. vii. 92, H8 I. i. 43, Ven. 1040.
4.
to settle matters,
come to terms (S.) Ant. IV. xii.
[xiv.] 123 “you did suspect She had d-'d
with Cæsar.”
