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predisponent, a. and n.|priːdɪˈspəʊnənt|
Also 7–8 præ-.
[f. pre- A. 1, 2 + disponent.]
A. adj. Predisposing. Now rare.
1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. ii. Ad Sect. x. 6 These graces..are given to men irregularly and without any order of prædisponent causes. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 127 Somnambulism occurs in many persons without any manifest predisponent cause.
B. n. A predisposing influence or cause.
1771Let. to Dr. Cadogan on Diss. Gout 7 My neighbour is free from this prædisponent, and escapes it. 1852Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XIII. ii. 375 Secondary causes, as pre⁓disponents to the disease.
Hence prediˈsponency [see -ency], the quality of being predisponent or causing predisposition.
a1846Parry is cited by Worcester. |