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indisposed, ppl. a.|ɪndɪˈspəʊzd|
[f. in-3 + disposed ppl. a. Cf. F. indisposé (1442 in Godef.), indispost (16th c.), late L. indispositus. In later use taken as pa. pple. of prec.]
†1. Not put in order, not properly arranged or prepared; unorganized; hence out of order, disordered, disorganized. In quots. 1425 (in reference to death), Not prepared for, for which one has not made the proper dispositions or preparations: = med.L. indispositus. Obs.
c1425Orolog. Sapient. v. in Anglia X. 361/17 Þat I falle not in suche peryl of indisposid deth. Ibid. 364/22, I haue so litil fors taken of indisposed deth. 1598Florio, Indisposto, indisposed, vnlustie, crazed, weake, without order, disordred. 1661Cowley Ess., Cromwell Wks. 1710 II. 652 The indispos'd and long tormented Commonwealth. 1691Ray Creation ii. (1692) 74 Creation being not only a Production of a Thing out of Nothing, but also out of indisposed Matter. Ibid. 75 Whatever Agent can introduce a Form into indisposed Matter.
†2. Not properly fitted, unfitted, unqualified. Cf. indisposition 1. Obs. rare.
c1449Pecock Repr. iii. v. 308 In indisposid persoones, bi her vndisposicioun..thei ben..occasiouns of vicis. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. iii. (1659) 6 They are farther indisposed ever to attain unto truth. Ibid. i. v. 14 There are not onely particular men, but whole nations indisposed for learning.
†3. Of evil disposition or condition; evilly disposed or inclined; ill-conditioned; also, of the weather, in a bad state, bad (cf. OF. indisposition du temps, Godef.). Obs.
1481Surtees Misc. (1888) 44 Indisposed personnes onely of malice have..troubled hyme. 1490Caxton Eneydos xviii. 67 In this harde wedder of wynter..y⊇ see full of tempest..and the tyme alle indisposed more than euer it was. 1597J. King On Jonas 90 All carelesse, dissolute, indisposed persons.
4. In a disordered bodily condition; out of health; ill, unwell. (Usually implying a slight degree of ill health.) Mostly predicative.
1598[see 1]. 1605Shakes. Lear ii. iv. 112 To take the indispos'd and sickly fit, For the sound man. 1623Massinger Dk. Milan iii. ii, If I am sought for, Say I am indisposed. 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. xliv. 175 The Captain..found himself much indisposed in his health. 1670Temple Let. to Ld. Berkeley Wks. 1731 II. 217 The first is like Diet, but the other like Exercise, to an indisposed Body. 1712Steele Spect. No. 284 ⁋1 She..professes Sickness..and acts all things with an indisposed Air. 1749Fielding Tom Jones v. vii, Mr. Allworthy had been for some days indisposed with a cold. 1832Lander Adv. Niger III. xx. 233 Six of her crew, who had been ill of fever, and are still indisposed.
5. Not disposed or ‘in the mind’, disinclined, unwilling, averse (to, or to do something).
1646Cromwell Let. Bridget Ireton 25 Oct. in Carlyle, I write not to thy husband; partly to avoid trouble,..partly because I am myself indisposed at this time, having some other considerations. a1665J. Goodwin Filled w. the Spirit (1867) 281 Hardhearted and indisposed unto acts of bounty. 1812Crabbe Tales xviii, Unfit to rule and indisposed to please. 1885Law Times LXXVIII. 212/2 The learned judge might have been less indisposed to stay the execution.
6. Not of friendly disposition; not favourably disposed or inclined (towards); unfriendly; unfavourable. (Now somewhat rare.)
1647Clarendon Hist. Rebel. i. §190 The king..was sufficiently indisposed towards the persons or the principles of Mr. Calvin's disciples. 1793Gouv. Morris in Sparks Life & Writ. (1832) II. 382 The people are already indisposed, and only kept under by fear of instant death. 1844Napier Conq. Scinde ii. viii. (1845) 469 Lord Ellenborough..was already indisposed towards him.
7. Not having a physical inclination or tendency; not liable or subject.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. i. (1659) 40 Salinous spirits..which do assimilate all bodies not indisposed for their impressions. 1790Wedgwood in Phil. Trans. LXXX. 312 The saturated marine solution is indisposed to crystallize.
†8. Not disposed of or bestowed. Obs. rare.
1694Southerne Fatal Marriage i. ii, When yet a Virgin, free, and indisposed. |