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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdispose somebody to/towards something phrasal verb formalTHINK ABOUTto make someone more likely to have particular feelings or thoughts The body releases a chemical that disposes you towards sleep. → dispose→ See Verb table
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dispose to/towards • The second category relates to a transaction whereby a private person disposes of goods to a businessman.• Childhood memories and the superstitions of our ancestors all dispose us anyway towards conniving at the idea that fairies and ghosts exist.• Congress has had a torrent of learned advice on this amendment, none of which it seems disposed to listen to.• Savings have been disposed of in order to meet the growing gap between income and expenditure.• It was as though his mind was disposed only to preserve enough details of his history to make the present plausible.• If the salvage is worthwhile then this should be taken up and disposed of to the highest bidder.
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