indispose
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make ill, especially slightly.
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to put out of the proper condition for something; make unfit.
The long tennis match indisposed me for any further physical activity that day.
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to render averse or unwilling; disincline.
His anger indisposed him from helping.
verb
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to make unwilling or opposed; disincline
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to cause to feel ill
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to make unfit (for something or to do something)
Other Word Forms
- preindispose verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of indispose
First recorded in 1650–60; back formation from indisposed
Example Sentences
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Is it true that these deformities, these warped, impaired, and dislocated constitutions indispose men to belief?
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green
The cause in which this document was written will indispose the candid reader to any criticism of its somewhat exuberant language.
From White Slavery in the Barbary States by Sumner, Charles
But I am afraid it will indispose her to ask any favors of Mr. Keller, or to associate herself with his personal concerns.
From Jezebel's Daughter by Collins, Wilkie
I did not wish to indispose him still further by an appearance of marked curiosity.
From Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph
In fact, the anathema remained inefficacious within and without.313 In vain did the pope employ the Jesuits to raise or indispose the European courts against the Venetians.
From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois
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