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dispositive

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[dih-spoz-i-tiv] / dɪˈspɒz ɪ tɪv /

adjective

  1. involving or affecting disposition or settlement.

    a dispositive clue in a case of embezzlement.

Etymology

Origin of dispositive

1475–85; dispose + -itive, on the model of positive

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