PREDISPOSE

v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.

2.
v.

To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease. Predisposing causes (Med.), causes which render the body liable to disease; predisponent causes.

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