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† undiˈspose, v. Obs.
[un-1 14 and 5 b.]
trans. = indispose v. (in various senses).
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 218 But make we no general reule to undispose men on þe dai, whanne þei shulden do workes of liȝt. c1400Apol. Loll. 14 Þat is dedely synne, bi þe wilk a man..vndisposiþ himsilf to tak part of þe merits of þe kirk. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 23 The wolf..Saide he maade his water unholsom, His tender stomake to hinder and undispose. 1777Potter æschylus, Persians Introd. 458 The poet..indirectly undisposing his countrymen to a continuation of the war. |