predispose
verb (used with object)
to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible.
have been predisposing
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present perfect progressiveof predispose.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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In view of this abuse we have been predisposing our minds to extenuate the shortcomings of the place and to extol rather than dispraise it.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Edwin Asa Dix
