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Disposition

noun

Your usual mood. Synonym: temperament.

The act or means of getting rid of something. Synonym: disposal.

An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others. Synonyms: inclination, tendency. "A tendency to be too strict"

A natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing.

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"Disposition" Quotes from Famous Books

... at your disposition," said the captain of the "Guadala", and his eye brightened; for a few lead splashes on gray paint ...

— This is "Part II" of Soldiers Three, we don't have "Part I" • Rudyard Kipling

... of these interesting remains, which are said to be those of a Christian house of worship. In some parts the walls are still 10 feet high, and they show an extent of civilisation now completely beyond the Warsingali. It may be remarked of them that the direction of the niche, as well as the disposition of the building, would denote a Moslem mosque. At the same time it must be remembered that the churches of the Eastern Christians are almost always made to front Jerusalem, and the Gallas being a Moslem and Christian race, the sects would borrow their architecture from each other. The people ...

— First footsteps in East Africa • Richard F. Burton

... program but to restore the condition of things that existed before the Nebraska Bill. About four million five hundred thousand votes were cast. Lincoln had less than two million, and all but about twenty-four thousand of these were in the Free States. However, the disposition of Lincoln's vote gave him the electoral college. He was chosen President by the votes of a minority of the nation. But there was another minority vote which as events turned out, proved equally significant. Breckinridge, the symbol of the slave profiteers, ...

— Lincoln • Nathaniel Wright Stephenson

... specimen completely covered with spines, it is impossible to describe the form of the ambulacra or the disposition of the tubercles. The lower figures represent the mouth and vent ...

— Journals Of Expeditions Of Discovery Into Central • Edward John Eyre

... were grinding his colours were laughing at him. He painted an ideal portrait of this celebrated king, of which Alexander said, "There are only two Alexanders—the invincible son of Philip, and the inimitable Alexander of Apelles." The painter's disposition was so generous that he purchased a picture of an artist whose talents were not recognised as they deserved, and spread a report that he would sell it again as one of his own. His industry was such that ...

— Little Folks (November 1884) - A Magazine for the Young • Various

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