"predispose" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-predispose.wav [Southern-England] Forms: predisposes [present, singular, third-person], predisposing [participle, present], predisposed [participle, past], predisposed [past]
Etymology: Either a back-formation from predisposition or borrowed from Middle French predisposer. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|predisposition|nocap=1}} back-formation from predisposition, {{glossary|loanword|borrowed}} borrowed, {{bor|en|frm|predisposer|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French predisposer, {{bor+|en|frm|predisposer|nocap=1}} borrowed from Middle French predisposer Head templates: {{en-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).
    Sense id: en-predispose-en-verb-Qbw5X8MP
  2. To make someone inclined to something in advance; to influence.
    Sense id: en-predispose-en-verb-SCZZfHuN Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English back-formations: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: predisposal, predisposedly, predisposedness Related terms: predisposition

Inflected forms

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