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PREDISPOSE

\pɹiːdɪspˈə͡ʊz], \pɹiːdɪspˈə‍ʊz], \p_ɹ_iː_d_ɪ_s_p_ˈəʊ_z]\

Definitions of PREDISPOSE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language

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To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.
To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To incline beforehand; fit or adapt beforehand; make liable to.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To render susceptible.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Predisposition.
To incline or dispose beforehand.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To dispose or incline beforehand; make liable or susceptible.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To incline beforehand; to give a previous disposition to; to adapt previously.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

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