Definitions for: Predispose

[v] make susceptible; "This illness predisposes you to gain weight"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: dispose, incline, subject

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