predispose
verb (used with object)
to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible.
are predisposing
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present progressiveof predispose.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Second of all, "I think there are predisposing factors that if you do get an injury, some people respond differently than others," Hart added.
From Reuters ● Jan. 7, 2013
Low, weak heels, flat, spreading feet, or any other faulty conformation of the foot are predisposing factors.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.
All factors which impair the health and exhaust the nervous system are predisposing causes.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
Laxity of the ligaments and knock-knee are predisposing factors.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
Certain infections such as measles, whooping-cough, chronic heart, kidney and liver diseases and inflammation of the air tract are predisposing factors.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
