predispose
Use Predispose in a sentence
dɪˈspoʊz verb (used with object)
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.
verb (used without object)
5.
to give or furnish a tendency or inclination: an underground job that predisposes to lung infection.
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Predispose
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| any form of reasoning in which the conclusion, though supported by the premises, does not follow from them necessarily. |
| standing out as to be seen |
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predispose (ˌpriːdɪˈspəʊz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (often foll by to | |
| 1. | to incline or make (someone) susceptible to something beforehand |
| 2. | chiefly law to dispose of (property, etc) beforehand; bequeath |
| predis'posal | |
| —n | |
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Medical Dictionary
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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Example sentences
Genes that predispose people to depression, though, also influence their risk of experiencing negative environmental events.
We will live according to what our own specific genetic risks predispose us toward.
Maybe getting cold and damp does not predispose people to catch a cold.
But researchers do have a growing knowledge of some of the factors that predispose people to heat illness.
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