"predispose" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: predispose [canonical], predisposes [third-person, singular], predisposed [past], predisposed [past, participle], predisposing [present, participle]
Etymology: pre- + dispose Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|pre|dispose}} pre- + dispose Head templates: {{verb|predispos|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something predisposes you to do something, it makes you inclined or prone to do something.
    Sense id: simple-predispose-en-verb-tiv4nUMq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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