predispose[verb]Synonyms: incline, affect, bias, dispose, influence, lead, prejudice, prompt
Contrasted words: disaffect, disincline, disinterest, indispose
Related Words: impress,
strike,
sway [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
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 [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲