predispose
[verb]
Synonyms: incline, affect, bias, dispose, influence, lead, prejudice, prompt

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Contrasted words: disaffect, disincline, disinterest, indispose
Related Words: impress, strike, sway

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pre‧dis‧pose /ˌpriːdɪsˈpəʊz $ -ˈpoʊz/ verb [transitive]

1. to make someone more likely to suffer from a particular health problem
predispose somebody to something
Diabetes predisposes patients to infections.

2. to make someone more likely to behave or think in a particular way
predispose somebody to something
Parents who smoke predispose children to smoking.
—predisposed adjective:
genetically predisposed to gain weight

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