Predisposing
verb (used with object), predisposed, predisposing.
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.
verb (used without object), predisposed, predisposing.
5.
to give or furnish a tendency or inclination:
an underground job that predisposes to lung infection.
verb (transitive)
1.
often foll by to or towards. to incline or make (someone) susceptible to something beforehand
2.
(mainly law) to dispose of (property, etc) beforehand; bequeath
predispose pre·dis·pose (prē’dĭ-spōz’)
v. pre·dis·posed, pre·dis·pos·ing, pre·dis·pos·es
To make susceptible, as to a disease.
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