predispose
See also: prédisposé and prédispose
English edit
Etymology edit
Either a back-formation from predisposition or borrowed from Middle French predisposer.[1]
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predispose (third-person singular simple present predisposes, present participle predisposing, simple past and past participle predisposed)
- To make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease).
- To make someone inclined to something in advance; to influence.
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- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “predispose”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Italian edit
Verb edit
predispose
- third-person singular past historic of predisporre