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PREDISPOSE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does predispose mean?

• PREDISPOSE (verb)
The verb PREDISPOSE has 1 sense:

1. make susceptible

Familiarity information: PREDISPOSE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PREDISPOSE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Make susceptible

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

This illness predisposes you to gain weight

Hypernyms (to "predispose" is one way to...):

dispose; incline (make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

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