Synonyms:
dispose, incline
Meaning: make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief; "Their language inclines us to believe them"
Usage examples
Dispose of me as you see fit; but first help me to carry him home.
While she was gone the marketing came home, and I had everything to dispose of.
"Good; and if you can dispose of the railway bonds to advantage, you may do so."
However, the capital is yours, Mr. Dunbar; and you've a right to dispose of it as you please.
The car struck the train, and they had only to dispose of the unconscious figure in the road.
There are few prayers better calculated to dispose the soul to receive this great grace than the XVI. and XVII. chapters of the IVth.
Smith-Oldwick is a good shot and if there are not too many men he might be able to dispose of them provided they can only come at him one at a time.
Having finished here, they left for the Arkansas, remaining there while their captain went to Taos to dispose of their stock of furs and to make such purchases of necessaries as the men required.
Because of our education we use words, thinking they are ideas, to dispose of questions, the disposal being in reality simply such an obscuring of perception as prevents us from seeing any longer the difficulty.
"You are considerate," he stated with the faintest trace of sarcasm. "Let me call your attention to the fact that, because of the position which recent events have forced upon me, it is quite within my power to dispose of your opposition"--significantly.