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n. [ It. corpo santo holy body. ] St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being resolved into constituent elements. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being deposed or deprived of office. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of deposing from office; a removal from the throne. Fox. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Dispose. ] Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great of this kingdom . . . has easily afforded a disposable surplus. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. designed to be disposed of after use; -- of articles of commerce. The term implies that it is less expensive to manufacture a new one than to clean and recycle the used item to make it fit for use again; as, disposable dishes; disposable diapers; disposable gloves. Opposite of reusable.
Syn. -- throwaway(predicate), non-reusable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Economics) that portion of income which is available for spending on discretionary purchases; for individuals, it is usually calculated as total income less taxes. National disposable income, which is the disposable income of all individuals and businesses, is calculated as total national income minus taxes plus transfer payments. Dornbusch and Fischer (Macroeconomics) [ PJC ]

n. [ From Dispose. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ordering; regulation; adjustment; management; government; direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

The execution leave to high disposal. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A domestic affair of great importance, which is no less than the disposal of my sister Jenny for life. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Power or authority to dispose of, determine the condition of, control, etc., especially in the phrase at, or in, the disposal of. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sole and absolute disposal of him an his concerns. South.

Syn. -- Disposition; dispensation; management; conduct; government; distribution; arrangement; regulation; control. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Exposure. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. imposable. ] Capable of being imposed or laid on. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being imposable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + decomposable: cf. F. indécomposable. ] Not decomposable; incapable or difficult of decomposition; not resolvable into its constituents or elements. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Incapableness of decomposition; stability; permanence; durability. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of being deposed. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Princes indeposable by the pope. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of being supposed; not supposable; inconceivable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Interpose. ] The act of interposing; interposition; intervention. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Sp. mariposa a butterfly + E. lily. So called from the gay appearance of the blossoms. ] (Bot.) One of a genus (Calochortus) of tuliplike bulbous herbs with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also butterfly lily. Most of them are natives of California. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition or quality of being opposable. [ 1913 Webster ]

In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Capable of being opposed or resisted. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of being placed opposite something else; as, the thumb is opposable to the forefinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Opposition. [ R. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Presupposition. [ R. ] “Presupposal of knowledge.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Propose. ] 1. That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals for a treaty of peace; to offer proposals for erecting a building; to make proposals of marriage. “To put forth proposals for a book.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Proffer; tender; overture. See Proposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Repose. ] 1. The act or state of reposing; as, the reposal of a trust. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That on which one reposes. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Reliance. [ Obs. ] John Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being superposed, as one figure upon another. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being supposed, or imagined to exist; as, that is not a supposable case. -- Sup*pos"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*pos"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of supposing; also, that which is supposed; supposition; opinion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Interest, with a Jew, never proceeds but upon supposal, at least, of a firm and sufficient bottom. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may transposed; as, a transposable phrase. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed; transposition. [ 1913 Webster ]