† diˈspository,a.Obs.rare. [f. L. disposit-ppl. stem of dispōnĕre to dispose: see -ory.] Having the quality of disposing, fitting, or inclining: = dispositive a. 2. 1629H. Burton Babel no Bethel 103 Preparatory and dispository workes to Iustification.1641Heylin Hist.Episc. i. (1657) 66 A dispository power.