predispose
verb (used with object)
to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible.
was predisposing
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past progressiveof predispose.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The new Federal Government was fortunate in beginning its career at the moment when returning prosperity was predisposing the people to think well of it.
From The Fathers of the Constitution; a chronicle of the establishment of the Union by Max Farrand
