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predispose
[ pree-di-spohz ]
verb (used with object)
- to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible:
Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
Synonyms: ,
- to render subject, susceptible, or liable:
The evidence predisposes him to public censure.
- to dispose beforehand.
Synonyms: ,
- Archaic. to dispose of beforehand, as in a will, legacy, or the like.
verb (used without object)
- to give or furnish a tendency or inclination:
an underground job that predisposes to lung infection.
predispose
/ ˌːɪˈəʊ /
verb
- often foll byto or towards to incline or make (someone) susceptible to something beforehand
- law to dispose of (property, etc) beforehand; bequeath
Derived Forms
- ˌ徱ˈDz, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·徱·Dz· noun
- ܲ··徱·Dz·Բ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of predispose1
Example Sentences
But Lindhome is, by her own admission, naturally predisposed to find the positive in everything.
's more, With Love, Meghan was never going to change opinions of those who are already, for whatever reason, predisposed against her - just as her new podcast series is unlikely to.
Their goal was to pinpoint what biological conditions might predispose some people to the problem.
And to be fair, that’s not a bad courtroom strategy against an opponent who is almost pathologically predisposed to putting his foot in his mouth.
In fact, his real interest was in “all aspects of the environment in which infection transmission occurs and the environmental conditions that predispose to all manner of human disease,” as infectious disease researchers write.
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