disponent, a.
(dɪˈspəʊnənt)
[ad. L. dispōnentem, pr. pple. of dispōnĕre: see dispone.]
Disposing; inclining in a certain direction, or towards a particular end.
| 1613 M. Ridley Magn. Bodies 36 The disponent vertue of the Magneticall globe of the Earth. 1635 Swan Spec. M. vi. §2 (1643) 197 The sunne is a disponent, though not a productive cause of this saltnesse [of the sea]. 1846 Sir W. Hamilton Diss. in Reid's Wks. 771 Its exciting, disponent..cause. |