predispose
verb (used with object)
to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible.
had predisposed
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past perfectof predispose.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The general opinion he had always entertained of Richard's character had predisposed him to fear, even before the inquiry respecting the Insurance shares.
From Ruth by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
The renewed spectacle of his own wound had predisposed Robert to feel a great and tearful sympathy for himself.
From The Regent by Arnold Bennett
It was her memory of these occasions that had predisposed her to the mad suspicion which wrecked her.
From Fenwick's Career by Mrs. Humphry Ward
He remembers that portrait on the wall at Albuquerque, and how it had predisposed him in favour of the original.
From The Lone Ranche by Mayne Reid
My morning's experience of Miss Halcombe had predisposed me to be pleased with everybody in the house; but my sympathies shut themselves up resolutely at the first sight of Mr. Fairlie.
From The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
