n. (Chem.) One of several isomeric organic bases of the quinoline series of alkaloids. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Despond. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. dispondeus, Gr. &unr_;;
v. t. [ L. disponere. See Disposition. ]
He has disponed . . . the whole estate. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Scots Law) The person to whom any property is legally conveyed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Scots Law) One who legally transfers property from himself to another. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. dis- + sponge. ] To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge. [ Poetic & Rare ]
O sovereign mistress of true melancholy,
The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To refuse to consider as pope; to depose from the popedom. [ 1913 Webster ]
One whom they dispoped. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. di- + sporous. ] (Biol.) Having two spores. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
Where light disports in ever mingling dyes. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun,
Disporting there like any other fly. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]