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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dispositive \Dis*pos"i*tive\, a. [Cf. F. dispositif.] 1. Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] His dispositive wisdom and power. --Bates. [1913 Webster] 2. Belonging to disposition or natural, tendency. [Obs.] "Dispositive holiness." --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]