disposing

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DISPOSING, participle present tense Setting in order; arranging; distributing; bestowing; regulating; adjusting; governing. DISPOSING, noun The act of arranging; regulation; direction. Proverbs 16:33.
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