disposer
French → English
verb//dispoze//
(general) To prepare: to get someone or something ready for an action.
Je me dispose à réparer le foc avant le coup de vent.
(English) I am preparing to repair the jib before the gust of wind.
L'infirmière dispose les instruments sur le plateau.
(English) The nurse arranges the instruments on the tray.
verb//dispoze//
(legal) To stipulate: to lay down a rule or a decision in a legal text.
L’article 47 dispose que le Parlement vote les lois de finances.
(English) Article 47 stipulates that Parliament votes on the finance laws.
La Providence en a autrement disposé.
(English) Providence has decreed otherwise.
Entry ID: fr:en:disposer · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary