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foredisposing

foredisposing is the present participle and gerund of foredispose.

Meaning of foredispose

Verb

foredispose (third-person singular simple present foredisposes, present participle foredisposing, simple past and past participle foredisposed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) 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)

Questions about foredisposing

What is foredisposing the present participle and gerund of?
Foredisposing is the present participle and gerund of foredispose.

Words near foredisposing in the dictionary

  1. foredges
  2. foredid
  3. foredispose
  4. foredisposed
  5. foredisposes
  6. foredisposing
  7. foredo
  8. foredoes
  9. foredoing
  10. foredone
  11. foredoom

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