[1560–70; dispose + -ure]This word is first recorded in the period 1560–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bulb, bump, cylinder, propagate, ritual-ure an abstract-noun suffix of action, result, and instrument, occurring in loanwordsfrom French and Latin. Other words that use the affix -ure include: exposure, measure, quadrature, signature, suture