indispose Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make unwilling
    disincline.
  2. verb make unfit or unsuitable
    disqualify; unfit.
    • Your income disqualifies you
  3. verb cause to feel unwell
    • She was indisposed

WordNet

In`dis*pose" transitive verb
Etymology
OE. indispos indisposed, feeble, or F. indisposé indisposed. See In- not, and Dispose.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Indisposed ; present participle & verbal noun Indisposing
Definitions
  1. To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.
  2. To disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat. Shak.
    It made him rather indisposed than sick. Walton.
  3. To disincline; to render averse or unfavorable; as, a love of pleasure indisposes the mind to severe study; the pride and selfishness of men indispose them to religious duties.
    The king was sufficiently indisposed towards the persons, or the principles, of Calvin's disciples. Clarendon.

Webster 1913