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predispose 音标拼音: [pr ,idɪsp'oz]
vt. 预先安排,使偏向于 预先安排,使偏向於 predispose v 1: make susceptible; " This illness predisposes you to gain weight" Predispose \ Pre` dis* pose"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Predisposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Predisposing}.] [ Pref. pre- dispose: cf. F. pr[' e] disposer.] 1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease. [ 1913 Webster] { Predisposing causes} ( Med.), causes which render the body liable to disease; predisponent causes. [ 1913 Webster] 21 Moby Thesaurus words for " predispose": affect, bend, bias, color, dispose, impress, incline, induce, influence, lead, move, persuade, prompt, soften up, strike, sway, tinge, tone, wear down, weigh with, work
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