predispose
verb (used with object)
to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible.
predisposes
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present tense formof predispose (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Nor does it hurt that the extraordinary popularity of the Harry Potter movies predisposes much of the audience to sympathy and affection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
"On the other hand, if telomeres are too long, it predisposes you to certain types of cancer."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 11, 2024
"Pollutants make you more allergic in general and this can trigger eczema, being an allergic individual predisposes you to developing eczema compared with a non-allergic person."
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2023
Few countries in the region even screen for the disease and give affected newborns penicillin as prophylaxis against the infections to which their condition predisposes them, says Ambroise Wonkam, a geneticist at Johns Hopkins University.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 12, 2023
When continually resorted to by persons well nourished, but inactive, it is apt to produce a flaccidity of the system, and to encourage that relaxation of the veins which predisposes to excessive formation of fat.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various
