predispose
to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
to render subject, susceptible, or liable: The evidence predisposes him to public censure.
to give or furnish a tendency or inclination: an underground job that predisposes to lung infection.
Origin of predispose
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Other words from predispose
- pre·dis·pos·al, noun
- un·pre·dis·pos·ing, adjective
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How to use predispose in a sentence
That means this group is predisposed to fear change even more than the average person.
There’s also no clear link to underlying conditions that might predispose someone to develop long covid.
Here’s what we know about kids and long covid | Cassandra Willyard | July 13, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewPeople who are genetically predisposed to schizophrenia might be more likely to suffer these side-effects, experts point out.
Meditation isn’t always calming. For a select few, it may lead to psychosis. | Claire Maldarelli | June 21, 2021 | Popular-ScienceWhile there’s still a lot researchers don’t know, some believe, based on case-reports, that people who are predisposed to mental illness, particularly schizophrenia, are more at risk.
Meditation isn’t always calming. For a select few, it may lead to psychosis. | Claire Maldarelli | June 21, 2021 | Popular-ScienceScientists used to believe women were predisposed to identifying their children’s cries, while men exhibited worse traits of recognition.
These are significant changes that will simultaneously predispose them to a more conservative view of the world.
Forget 2012: Long-Term Demographic Trends Favorable to Republicans | Michael Medved | November 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe expectation that a gun was involved appeared to predispose the cops toward deadly force.
Why does maternal hip width predispose to cancer in babies born to that mother?
How Mom's Hip Size Predicts Her Daughter's Risk | Kent L. Thornburg, PhD | October 24, 2009 | THE DAILY BEASTThe use of alcohol is believed by many physicians to predispose a person to tuberculosis.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterThe same causes also predispose plants as well as animals, to epidemic attacks of disease.
But her experience of Montrose and Meath did not predispose her towards the provincial atmosphere.
Lola Montez | Edmund B. d'AuvergneAs a matter of fact, he will have so disturbed himself as to predispose to insomnia.
Psychotherapy | James J. WalshIt is evident that certain conditions predispose to headache.
Psychotherapy | James J. Walsh
British Dictionary definitions for predispose
/ (ˌpriːdɪˈspəʊz) /
(often foll by to or towards) to incline or make (someone) susceptible to something beforehand
mainly law to dispose of (property, etc) beforehand; bequeath
Derived forms of predispose
- predisposal, noun
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