predispose : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: predispose	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for predispose
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predispose v make susceptible; "This illness predisposes you to gain weight"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Predispose \Pre`dispose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predisposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predisposing}.] [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf. F. pr[82]disposer.] 1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose* the mind to friendship. 2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease. {Predisposing causes} (Med.), causes which render the body liable to disease; predisponent causes.