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
Etymology
Origin of indispose
First recorded in 1650–60; back formation from indisposed
Example Sentences
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"What circumstances can possibly indispose you to give your law business to Mr. Darch?"
From Armadale by Collins, Wilkie
And—pardon me—may not the finding their progress obstructed by your scruples, the more indispose your sons to them?'
From The Pillars of the House, V1 by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
This reflection tended to repress the inclination he would otherwise have felt for cultivating her society, but it did not indispose him to benefit her in a certain way.
From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden
He sleep sound, he is indispose; but I am ze vorst.
From King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane by Strang, Herbert
In the evening at to arrive at the inn did feign to be indispose, to the end that one bring him the supper.
From English as she is spoke or, A jest in sober earnest by Fonseca, José da
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