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predispose


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Predispose  \Pre`dis*pose"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Predisposed}; 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Predisposing}.]  [Pref.  pre-  +  dispose:  cf 
  F.  pr['e]disposer.] 
  1.  To  dispose  or  incline  beforehand;  to  give  a  predisposition 
  or  bias  to  as  to  predispose  the  mind  to  friendship. 
 
  2.  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  predispose 
  v  :  make  susceptible;  "This  illness  predisposes  you  to  gain 
  weight" 




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