(a) Preparation, planning, arranging; also, a plan or arrangement; taken ~, to make arrangements; (b) construction or execution according to a plan; building (of a city); structure (of the head); development (of a fetus).

The act of ordering, regulating, administering, or governing; also, an order, regulation, or prescription.

(a) The power to ordain, dispose, rule, control, or regulate; the will (of God); fre ~, free will; haven in ~, to have in (one's) power; putten in ~, commit or commend (sth.) to (someone's) power or discretion; standen in ~, be at (one's) disposal or in (one's) power; (b) power to decide or dispose; discretion, disposal; after ~, at ~, in ~, into ~, to ~.

(a) Phys. Nature or state resulting from a certain combination of elements or factors; (b) physiol. constitution, complexion, or temperament as determined by the blending of humors; (c) physiol. a transitory state or condition; god (il, ivel) ~, good (ill) health; (d) pathol. a specific physiological factor causing a morbid condition, a predisposition; folding in of disposiciouns, complication of factors.

(a) Frame of mind; ~ of wit (thought); attitude, inclination, concern; (b) an attribute or endowment (of man).

Astrol. The character or position (of a planet) in the horoscope as influencing persons or events; also, influence (of a planet).

Misc. uses: (a) position in space; ~ ayen (to), relative position with respect to (sth.); (b) social position; condition of existence; (c) a purposeful outlay, use; (d) ?a circumstance or factor.