foredispose
/ˌfɔː(ɹ)dɪsˈpəʊz/
foredispose verb: to bestow beforehand.
Verb
foredispose (third-person singular simple present foredisposes, present participle foredisposing, simple past and past participle foredisposed)
- To bestow beforehand.
- King James had by promise foredisposed the place on the Bishop of Meath.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
Forms of foredispose
| third-person singular present | foredisposes |
|---|---|
| present participle | foredisposing |
| past participle | foredisposed |
| past | foredisposed |
Origin of foredispose
From fore- + dispose.
Words that rhyme with foredispose
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- interpose
- propose
- gloze
- oppose
- disclose
- foreclose
- prose
- snows
- turn up one's nose
- unclose
- adipose
- appose
- arose
- chose
- counterpose
- croze
- decompose
- doze
- enclose
- froze
- hoes
- knows
- adoze
- apollos
- beaus
- beprose
- blows
- bose
- bros
- châteaux
- cloze
- coze
- crows
- does
- dos
- doughs
- fallows
- fellows
- flows
- foes
- follows
- frows
- glows
- goes
- grows
- hard-nose
- hollows
- joes
Questions about foredispose
- What does foredispose mean?
- Foredispose means to bestow beforehand.
- What part of speech is foredispose?
- Foredispose is a verb.
- How do you pronounce foredispose?
- Foredispose is pronounced /ˌfɔː(ɹ)dɪsˈpəʊz/.
- What is the past tense of foredispose?
- The past tense of foredispose is foredisposed.
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