Who have received the law by the disposition of
angels. --Acts vii.
53.
The disposition of the work, to put all things in a
beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be
of a piece. --Dryden.
2. The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged;
distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of
the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several
parts of an edifice.
3. Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural
constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants
to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to
putrefaction.
4. Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.
How stands your disposition to be married? --Shak.
5. Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind,
especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men;
temper of mind. ``A man of turbulent disposition.''
--Hallam. ``He is of a very melancholy disposition.''
--Shak.
His disposition led him to do things agreeable to
his quality and condition wherein God had placed
him. --Strype.
As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put an
antic disposition on. --Shak.
Syn: Disposal; adjustment; regulation; arrangement;
distribution; order; method; adaptation; inclination;
propensity; bestowment; alienation; character; temper;
mood. -- {Disposition}, {Character}, {Temper}.
Disposition is the natural humor of a person, the
predominating quality of his character, the
constitutional habit of his mind. Character is this
disposition influenced by motive, training, and will.
Temper is a quality of the fiber of character, and is
displayed chiefly when the emotions, especially the
passions, are aroused.