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- dispose



[dispose 词源字典] - dispose: see position
[dispose etymology, dispose origin, 英语词源] - dispose (v.)




- late 14c., from Old French disposer (13c.) "arrange, order, control, regulate" (influenced in form by poser "to place"), from Latin disponere "put in order, arrange, distribute," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + ponere "to put, place" (past participle positus; see position (n.)). Related: Disposed; disposing.