Word Meanings - DISPOSAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything; arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the disposal of the troops in two lines. 2. Ordering; regulation; adjustment; management; government; direction. The execution leave
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1. The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything; arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the disposal of the troops in two lines. 2. Ordering; regulation; adjustment; management; government; direction. The execution leave to high disposal. Milton. 3. Regulation of the fate, condition, application, etc., of anything; the transference of anything into new hands, a new place, condition, etc.; alienation, or parting; as, a disposal of property. A domestic affair of great importance, which is no less than the disposal of my sister Jenny for life. Tatler. 4. Power or authority to dispose of, determine the condition of, control, etc., especially in the phrase at, or in, the disposal of. The sole and absolute disposal of him an his concerns. South. Syn. -- Disposition; dispensation; management; conduct; government; distribution; arrangement; regulation; control.
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- MISMANAGER
One who manages ill. - METHODIST
Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist hymns; a Methodist elder. - CONTROLLABLENESS
Capability of being controlled. - METHOD
Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnæan method. Syn. -- Order; system; rule; regularity; way; manner; mode; course; - CONTROLLABILITY
Capability of being controlled; controllableness. - MISCONDUCT
Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement. Addison. Syn. -- Misbehavior; misdemeanor; mismanagement; misdeed; delinquency; offense. - NEGLECT
1. Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy. To tell thee sadly, - METHODIZE
To reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to arrange in a convenient manner; as, to methodize one's work or thoughts. Spectator. - METHODIC; METHODICAL
1. Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation; as, the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise. "Methodical regularity." Addison. - METHODIOS
The art and principles of method. - ORDERLY
1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good - GOVERNMENTAL
Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties. - MISMANAGEMENT
Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through mismagement. - METHODIZER
One who methodizes. - LICENSE
fr. licere to be permitted, prob. orig., to be left free to one; akin 1. Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, - CONTROLLABLE
Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command. Passion is the drunkeness of the mind, and, therefore, . . . not always controllable by reason. South. - GOVERNMENT
The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case. (more info) 1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, - CONTROLLER
An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, controls - NEGLECTION
The state of being negligent; negligence. Shak. - ABANDONER
One who abandons. Beau. & Fl. - IMBORDER
To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton. - PROTUBERATE
To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out. S. Sharp. - MISORDER
To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak. - MISADJUSTMENT
Wrong adjustment; unsuitable arrangement. - MISGOVERNMENT
Bad government; want of government. Shak. - MISARRANGEMENT
Wrong arrangement. - ACCORDER
One who accords, assents, or concedes. - COMPOUND CONTROL
A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of a rudder, may be effected by either of two movements, in different directions, of a single lever, etc. - READJUSTMENT
A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment. - DELIBERATELY
With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed. - UNCONTROLLABLE
1. Incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible; as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events. 2. Indisputable; irrefragable; as, an uncontrollable maxim; an uncontrollable title. Swift. -- Un`con*trol"la*ble*ness, - SELF-NEGLECTING
A neglecting of one's self, or of one's own interests. Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin As self-neglecting. Shak. - PREADJUSTMENT
Previous adjustment. - DELIBERATE
1. Weighing facts and arguments with a view a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor. "These deliberate fools."