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predispose, v.|priːdɪˈspəʊz|
[f. pre- A. 1 + dispose: cf. F. prédisposer (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), and L. prædisposit-us predisposed.]
1. trans. To dispose (a person, etc.) beforehand; to render liable or subject to something; to put into a favourable or suitable frame or condition; to incline or adapt previously. Also absol.
1646[see predisposed]. 1684T. Burnet The. Earth i. iv. 36 Vegetable productions require the heat of the Sun, to pre⁓dispose and excite the Earth, and the Seeds. a1716South (J.), Unless nature be predisposed to friendship by its own propensity. 1800Med. Jrnl. IV. 299 As a hot summer immediately excites the cholera, so it predisposes to diarrhœa and dysentery. 1843A. Bethune Sc. Fireside Stor. 45 The relief..only predisposed him for an earlier..relapse into the same melancholy mood. 1871Blackie Four Phases i. 147 The majority of his judges..came predisposed to condemn him. 1902Daily Chron. 14 May 7/6 Hydrogen..being mixed with a certain quantity of air, the presence of which could only help to predispose for an explosion.
2. To dispose of, give away, or bequeath before.
1666in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 20 Finding..the office designed for him predisposed by patent. 1807Crabbe Par. Reg. iii. 531 Assured of wealth, this man of simple heart, To every friend had predisposed a part.
Hence prediˈsposing ppl. a., that predisposes; that renders favourable, inclined, or susceptible.
1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. i. iv, His own purposes and predisposing thoughts. 1793Friendly Addr. to Poor 21 Many things concur..to form a predisposing cause for such disorders. 1848R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Incarnation xiii. (1852) 362 There is one radical defect—the need of some predisposing grace on the part of God. 1904Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 Sept. 640 The end of the hot season in the tropics..is very predisposing to malaria. |