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in⋅dis⋅pose

  [in-di-spohz]
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–verb (used with object), -posed, -pos⋅ing.
1. to make ill, esp. slightly.
2. to put out of the proper condition for something; make unfit: The long tennis match indisposed me for any further physical activity that day.
3. to render averse or unwilling; disincline: His anger indisposed him from helping.
Origin:
1650–60; back formation from indisposed
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in·dis·pose   (ĭn'dĭ-spōz')   
tr.v.   in·dis·posed, in·dis·pos·ing, in·dis·pos·es

  1. To make averse; disincline.

  2. To cause to be or feel ill; sicken.

  3. To render unfit; disqualify.

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indispose in·dis·pose (ĭn'dĭ-spōz')
v. in·dis·posed, in·dis·pos·ing, in·dis·pos·es
To cause to be or feel ill; sicken.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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