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dispose
English
Etymology
From French disposer.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /d?s?po?z/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??sp??z/
- Rhymes: -??z
Verb
dispose (third-person singular simple present disposes, present participle disposing, simple past and past participle disposed)
- (intransitive, used with "of") To eliminate or to get rid of something.
- To distribute or arrange; to put in place.
- 1600, William Shakespeare, Henry V, act 4, scene III
- Now, dear soldiers, march away: / And how thou pleasest, God, dispose the day!
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 6
- Marianne’s pianoforte was unpacked and properly disposed of, and Elinor’s drawing were affixed to the walls of their sitting rooms.
- 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 47:
- I sat down within three feet of the entrance door, and I had no sooner got disposed than the door opened and a man came in […] .
- 1600, William Shakespeare, Henry V, act 4, scene III
- To deal out; to assign to a use.
- 1818 (first published), John Evelyn, diary entry for 1634
- what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor
- 1818 (first published), John Evelyn, diary entry for 1634
- To incline.
- (Used here intransitively in the passive voice)
- Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose / To future good our past and present woes.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Suspicion
- They [suspicions] dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy.
- At twilight in the summer […] the mice come out. They […] eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly […] on the floor.
- (obsolete) To bargain; to make terms.
- (obsolete) To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
- the knightly forms of combat to dispose
Synonyms
- incline
- discard
Antonyms
- indispose
- disincline
Derived terms
- disposition
- disposal
- dispose of
Translations
Noun
dispose
- (obsolete) The disposal or management of something.
- (obsolete) Behaviour; disposition.
French
Verb
dispose
- first-person singular present indicative of disposer
- third-person singular present indicative of disposer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of disposer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of disposer
- second-person singular imperative of disposer
Italian
Verb
dispose
- third-person singular past historic of disporre
Anagrams
- dispeso
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influence
English
Etymology
From Middle English influence, from Old French influence (“emanation from the stars affecting one's fate”), from Medieval Latin ?nfluentia, from Latin ?nflu?ns (“flowing in”), present active participle of ?nflu? (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + flu? (“flow”). Doublet of influenza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.flu.?ns/
- Hyphenation: in?flu?ence
Noun
influence (countable and uncountable, plural influences)
- The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.
- An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.
- A person or thing exerting such power or action.
- The animals were thoroughly frightened. It seemed to them as though Snowball were some kind of invisible influence, pervading the air about them and menacing them with all kinds of dangers.
- (astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.
- (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- God hath his influence into the very essence of all things.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- (electricity) Electrostatic induction.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "influence": cultural, political, social, economic, military, personal, moral, intellectual, mental, good, bad, positive, negative, beneficial, harmful, huge, big, heavy, significant, important, potential, actual, primary.
Hyponyms
- social influence
Derived terms
- influencer
Related terms
Translations
Verb
influence (third-person singular simple present influences, present participle influencing, simple past and past participle influenced)
- (transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
- The politician wants to influence the public.
- I must admit that this book influenced my outlook on life.
- (intransitive) To exert, make use of one's influence.
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.
Derived terms
- influenceable
- influencer
- influencive
Related terms
- influent
- influential
- influenza, flu
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French influence, borrowed from Medieval Latin ?nfluentia, from Latin ?nflu?ns (“flowing in”), present active participle of ?nflu? (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + flu? (“flow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.fly.??s/
Noun
influence f (plural influences)
- influence
Derived terms
- zone d'influence
Related terms
Verb
influence
- first-person singular present indicative of influencer
- third-person singular present indicative of influencer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of influencer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of influencer
- second-person singular imperative of influencer
Further reading
- “influence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin ?nfluentia, from Latin ?nflu?ns (“flowing in”), present active participle of ?nflu? (“flow into”).
Noun
influence f (oblique plural influences, nominative singular influence, nominative plural influences)
- inundation; flooding; influx of water
- influence, especially viewed as a mystical force affecting one's fate
Descendants
- ? English: influence
- French: influence
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (influence, supplement)
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