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predispose
[ pree-di-spohz ]
verb (used with object)
- to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible:
Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
Synonyms: prepare, prearrange
- to render subject, susceptible, or liable:
The evidence predisposes him to public censure.
- to dispose beforehand.
- Archaic. to dispose of beforehand, as in a will, legacy, or the like.
verb (used without object)
- to give or furnish a tendency or inclination:
an underground job that predisposes to lung infection.
predispose
/ ˌpriːdɪˈspəʊz /
verb
- often foll byto or towards to incline or make (someone) susceptible to something beforehand
- law to dispose of (property, etc) beforehand; bequeath
Derived Forms
- ˌpredisˈposal, noun
Other Words From
- pre·dis·pos·al noun
- un·pre·dis·pos·ing adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of predispose1
Example Sentences
That means this group is predisposed to fear change even more than the average person.
There’s also no clear link to underlying conditions that might predispose someone to develop long covid.
People who are genetically predisposed to schizophrenia might be more likely to suffer these side-effects, experts point out.
While there’s still a lot researchers don’t know, some believe, based on case-reports, that people who are predisposed to mental illness, particularly schizophrenia, are more at risk.
Scientists used to believe women were predisposed to identifying their children’s cries, while men exhibited worse traits of recognition.
These are significant changes that will simultaneously predispose them to a more conservative view of the world.
The expectation that a gun was involved appeared to predispose the cops toward deadly force.
Why does maternal hip width predispose to cancer in babies born to that mother?
The use of alcohol is believed by many physicians to predispose a person to tuberculosis.
The same causes also predispose plants as well as animals, to epidemic attacks of disease.
But her experience of Montrose and Meath did not predispose her towards the provincial atmosphere.
As a matter of fact, he will have so disturbed himself as to predispose to insomnia.
It is evident that certain conditions predispose to headache.
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