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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREDISPO'SE, v.t. s as z. [pre and dispose.]
1. To incline beforehand; to give a previous disposition to; as, to predispose the mind or temper to friendship.
2. To fit or adapt previously; as, debility predisposes the body to disease.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make susceptible; "This illness predisposes you to gain weight"

Merriam Webster's

Date: 1646 transitive verb 1. to dispose in advance <a good teacher predisposes children to learn> 2. to make susceptible <malnutrition predisposes one to disease> intransitive verb to bring about susceptibility Synonyms: see incline • predisposition noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 influence favourably in advance. 2 (foll. by to, or to + infin.) render liable or inclined beforehand. Derivatives: predisposition n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(predisposes, predisposing, predisposed) 1. If something predisposes you to think or behave in a particular way, it makes it likely that you will think or behave in that way. (FORMAL) They take pains to hire people whose personalities predispose them to serve customers well... There is evidence to suggest that certain factors predispose some individuals to criminal behaviour. VERB: V n to-inf, V n to n/-ing • predisposed ...people who are predisposed to violent crime. ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to-inf, ADJ to n 2. If something predisposes you to a disease or illness, it makes it likely that you will suffer from that disease or illness. (FORMAL) ...a gene that predisposes people to alcoholism. VERB: V n to n • predisposed Some people are genetically predisposed to diabetes. ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Incline, dispose, bias, fit, prepare, make ready.

Moby Thesaurus

affect, bend, bias, color, dispose, impress, incline, induce, influence, lead, move, persuade, prompt, soften up, strike, sway, tinge, tone, wear down, weigh with, work