disposed, ppl. a.
(dɪˈspəʊzd)
[f. vb. + -ed1.]
1. Arranged, appointed, prepared, suitably placed, or situated, etc.: see dispose v. 1, 5.
| 14.. Lydg. Secrees 423 Your dispoosyd fate. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 73 In a prepared or disposed soule he maketh y⊇ fyrst beame of loue to shyne. 1658 Baxter Saving Faith vi. 40 Adams soul was created in a Disposed or prepared Body. 1663 J. Spencer Prodigies (1665) 73 The figure and glory of the Sun drawn by its own beams upon a disposed cloud. 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Disposed Quarters, the distribution when the camp is marked about a place besieged. |
† 2. a. In a (specified) physical, esp. bodily, condition; in a (good or bad) state of health; conditioned. b. Having a (particular) bodily constitution; constituted. c. absol. In good health or condition; not indisposed. Obs.
| c 1386 Chaucer Manciple's Prol. 33 Thy breeth ful soure stynketh, That sheweth wel thou art nat wel disposed. c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 222 It wole make a man yuel disposid & feuerous. 1470–85 Malory Arthur vii. xxvi, He is as fair an handed man and wel disposed as ony is lyuynge. c 1477 Caxton Jason 54 b, The weder was softe and well disposed. 1488 ― Chast. Goddes Chyld. 21 Dyuerse men fallen in to dyuerse feuers after he is dysposed. 1577 Fenton Gold. Epist. 234 Whiche made hir bodie disposed, and hir minde liuely. 1590 Sir J. Smyth Disc. Weapons in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 51 Thousands of the lustiest and dispost sort of English people. 1662 Newcome Diary (Chetham Soc.) 39, I was somew{supt} aguishly disposed all this day. 1694 Acc. Sev. Late Voy. ii. (1711) 35 When the Air is so disposed, as the Stars do..look bigger..it is a great Prognostication. |
3. Having a (particular) mental constitution, disposition, or turn of mind. † b. absol. Well disposed, having a favourable disposition (quot. 1577).
| c 1430 Lydg. Hors, Shepe & G. 207 Alle folke be nat [lyke] of condicionis, Nor lyke disposyde in wylle, thought, and deede. 1481 Caxton Myrr. iii. xiii. 165 Neuer shal the euyl disposed man saye well of that he cannot wel vnderstonde. 1564 Godly Admon. Decrees Council Trent title-p., Wrytten for..godlye disposed persons sakes. 1577 Fenton Gold. Epist. 242 The one disposed, the other frowarde. 1593 Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, iii. i. 76 Seemes he a Doue? His feathers are but borrow'd, For hee's disposed as the hatefull Rauen. 1639 Ld. Digby Lett. conc. Relig. iv. 85 A man so disposed as..to leap at once from England to Rome. 1709 Steele Tatler No. 78 ¶13, I require all sober disposed persons to avoid meeting the said Lunatick. 1863 F. A. Kemble Resid. in Georgia 24 He is remarkably good-tempered and well disposed. |
4. Inclined, in the mood, in the mind (to do something, to or for something). Also with adverb, in a (particular) mental condition or mood; well disposed or ill disposed: favourably or unfavourably inclined (to, towards, † for). See dispose v. 6 a.
| c 1340 Hampole Prose Tr. ix. 24 Othir gosteli occupacions after that thei fele hem disposed. c 1386 Chaucer Clerk's T. 651 To tempte his wyf, as he was first disposed. c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems (1840) 159 (Mätz.) Som man of herte disposed to pryde. c 1489 Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xxii. 476, I am dysposed for to doo the worste that I can agenste hym. 1552 Bk. Com. Prayer Pref., That suche as be disposed maye come to heare gods worde. 1596 Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, iv. i. 38 To see how Fortune is dispos'd to vs. 1659 B. Harris Parival's Iron Age 288 Who would have believed, that many should needs be well disposed for the King of Scots? 1712 Addison Spect. No. 542 ¶4, I should be more severe upon myself than the public is disposed to be. 1828 D'Israeli Chas. I, I. v. 103 The French Cabinet was strongly disposed for a Spanish war. 1892 Gardiner Stud. Hist. Eng. 17 He was more disposed to defend the Empire than to extend it. |
† b. ellipt. Inclined to merriment; in a jocund mood. Obs.
| 1588 Shakes. L.L.L. ii. i. 250 Come to our Pauillion, Boyet is disposde. 1593 Peele Chron. Edw. I, 125, I pray let go; Ye are dispos'd I think. a 1616 Beaum. & Fl. Custom Countrey i. i, You are dispos'd. |
5. Having a physical inclination or tendency (to something, or to do something); inclined, liable, subject. See dispose v. 6 b.
| c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 68 Þe see..is moore, and neer hevene, and moore disposid to take liȝt. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. xlvi. (1495) 889 Saltnesse..makyth [flesshe] the lesse disposyd to corrupcion. 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., To what diseases is y⊇ bladder disposed?.. It is dysposed to opylacyons. 1758 A. Reid tr. Macquer's Chem. I. 12 All similar substances have an Affinity with each other, and are consequently disposed to unite. 1886 A. Winchell Walks & Talks Geol. Field 196 [Strata] buffish in colour, and disposed to crumble to pieces. |
Hence diˈsposedly, adv. rare (in later instances echoing quot. 1610, = with lofty dignity).
| c 1610 Sir J. Melvil Mem. (1735) 100, I said, the Quen dancit not sa hich and disposedly as she did. 1904 R. J. Farrer Garden of Asia 187 Go-betweens conduct the negotiations, high and disposedly as Queen Elizabeth. 1907 J. H. M{supc}Carthy Needles & Pins viii, The company..marched up the aisle very disposedly. 1924 Wodehouse Leave it to Psmith ix. §5. 195 Through the belt of rhododendrons..a portly form..made itself visible, moving high and disposedly in the direction of the back premises. |