DISPONE

Etymology

Verb

dispone (third-person singular simple present dispones, present participle disponing, simple past and past participle disponed)

(transitive, law) To convey legal authority to another.

(transitive, obsolete) To set in order; to dispose.

Anagrams

• Pinedos, pedions, spinode, spondei

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*pone", v. t. Etym: [L. disponere. See Disposition.]

1. (Her.)

Definition: To dispose.

2. To dispose of. Chaucer.

3. (Scots Law)

Definition: To make over, or convey, legally. He has disponed . . . the whole estate. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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