predispose

predispose
predisposal, n.predisposedly /pree'di spoh"zid lee, -spohzd"-/, adv.predisposedness, n.
/pree'di spohz"/, v., predisposed, predisposing.
v.t.
1. to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
2. to render subject, susceptible, or liable: The evidence predisposes him to public censure.
3. to dispose beforehand.
4. Archaic. to dispose of beforehand, as in a will, legacy, or the like.
v.i.
5. to give or furnish a tendency or inclination: an underground job that predisposes to lung infection.
[1640-50; PRE- + DISPOSE]
Syn. 1. prearrange, prepare. 3. bias, incline.

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