predispose

See also: prédisposé and prédispose

English

Etymology

Either a back-formation from predisposition or borrowed from Middle French predisposer.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

predispose (third-person singular simple present predisposes, present participle predisposing, simple past and past participle predisposed)

  1. To make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease).
  2. To make someone inclined to something in advance; to influence.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “predispose”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Italian

Verb

predispose

  1. third-person singular past historic of predisporre
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