disposed

dispose of (someone or something)

1. To eliminate someone or something; to get rid of someone or something. The CEO is apt to dispose of any manager who does not agree with him all the time. After our basement flooded, we had to dispose of most of the boxes we'd stored down there.
2. To settle or resolve something. Jean is the best editor in the writing center, so she'll definitely dispose of any issues in your paper.
3. To relocate, sell, or give something away. Once I move into the city, I'll need to dispose of my car.
4. slang To kill someone. We need to dispose of the informant before he goes running to the police again.
See also: dispose, of

ill-disposed to (doing something)

Not interested in doing something. I'm not ill-disposed to doing a renovation, I just don't like the current plans. Well, Marcie just hung up on me, so it seems that she's ill-disposed to helping us.

well disposed to (someone or something)

Having a favorable, positive, or approving attitude or mindset toward someone or something. I've always been well disposed to people like him. Let me know if your boss seems well disposed to the idea. I could tell she wasn't well disposed to going over the case notes again.
See also: disposed, well

well disposed toward (someone or something)

Having a favorable, positive, or approving attitude or mindset toward someone or something. I've always been well disposed toward people like him. Let me know if your boss seems well disposed toward the idea. I could tell she wasn't well disposed toward going over the case notes again.
See also: disposed, toward, well
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ill-disposed to doing something

not friendly; not favorable; opposed. I am ill-disposed to doing hard labor. The police chief was ill-disposed to discussing the details of the case to the news reporters.

*well disposed to(ward) someone or something

Fig. friendly with someone or something; having a positive or favorable attitude toward someone or something. (*Typically: be ~; become ~.) I am not well disposed toward Walter. We are quite well disposed to all of them.
See also: disposed, well
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • be/have done with somebody/something
  • be in line with (someone or something)
  • better of
  • (someone or something) promises well
  • bird has flown, the
  • begin with
  • begin with (someone or something)
  • beware of
  • beware of (someone or something)
  • be rough on (someone or something)
References in classic literature
Such a science is classed as a disposition; it has a name, and is called 'boxing' or 'wrestling' as the case may be, and the name given to those disposed in this way is derived from that of the science.
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Thus trained in the exercise not only of free will, but despotic authority, Rowena was, by her previous education, disposed both to resist and to resent any attempt to control her affections, or dispose of her hand contrary to her inclinations, and to assert her independence in a case in which even those females who have been trained up to obedience and subjection, are not infrequently apt to dispute the authority of guardians and parents.
Ivanhoe
They were mostly young men, in the heyday of life; and having got into fine latitudes, upon smooth seas, with a well-stored ship under them, and a fair wind in the shoulder of the sail, they seemed to have got into a holiday world, and were disposed to enjoy it.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountain
The respectable old gentleman wrung his hand fervently, and seemed disposed to address some observation to his son; but on Mrs.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club
Wilson, who proposed to keep a Sabbath school for the instruction of such slaves as might be disposed to learn to read the New Testament.
He gave her away once to his sister; but, being a poor gift, she was not disposed to keep her.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave
'If I am ever,' said Mrs V.--not scolding, but in a sort of monotonous remonstrance--'in spirits, if I am ever cheerful, if I am ever more than usually disposed to be talkative and comfortable, this is the way I am treated.'
'I was really afraid you were not disposed to talk pleasantly; I'll tell you everything; I shall only be too glad, my dear.'
Barnaby Rudge A Tale Of The Riots Of Eighty
The commission established in March 2011, was mandated to work till September 14, 2020, has disposed of 4,020 cases till July 31, 2019.
Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances receives 6,277 cases in last eight years
Bodies which will not be collected soon after the gazette notice will be disposed of according to the Public Health Act, he said.
Mbagathi Hospital appeals for identification of 97 unclaimed bodies
He added that it was claimed that the relevant court had allowed the mills to sell that land but the directors disposed of more than that from time to time.
15 acquitted in Haripur land corruption case
ISLAMABAD -- Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa on Friday said that the Supreme Court had disposed of 26,000 cases during last one year.
SC disposes of 26,000 cases during one year
Giving details of receipts and disposal of complaints, official sources said, the Ombudsman had received 10,392 complaints and disposed of 11,717 complaints relating to Power Supply Companies (DISCOs) during the last quarter.
Federal Ombudsman resolves 20,523 complaints from out of 21,224 from Oct to Dec
In the "Statistics of Cases Filed, Pending and Disposed of as of August 31, 2018" data sheet obtained from the anti-graft court, the number of cases filed last month totaled to just three appealed cases.
No new cases filed before Sandiganbayan for the whole of August