predispose Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make susceptible
    • This illness predisposes you to gain weight

WordNet

Pre`dis*pose" transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. pre- + dispose: cf. F. prédisposer.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Predisposed ; present participle & verbal noun Predisposing
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913