predispose
predispose verb: to make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease).
Verb
predispose (third-person singular simple present predisposes, present participle predisposing, simple past and past participle predisposed)
- To make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease).
- To make someone inclined to something in advance; to influence.
predispose meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
predispose in Tamil
- முன்ஒழிப்பு
predispose in Urdu
- متوجہ کرنا, راغب کرنا
predispose in Malayalam
- സ്വാധീനം ചെലുത്തുക, മുൻകൂട്ടി പ്രവർത്തിപ്പിക്കുക, വളം വെച്ച് കൊടുക്കുക
predispose in Kannada
- ಒಳಪಡುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡು, ಈಡಾಗುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡು
Examples of predispose in a sentence
- This is to say that I'm not predisposed to sticking to Valorant due to its genre.
- Reproductive outflow tract obstruction can predispose to development of endometriosis, through exacervation of retrograde menstruation.
- Children and elderly are more predisposed to infectious diseases because of the compromization of the immune system.
Forms of predispose
| third-person singular present | predisposes |
|---|---|
| present participle | predisposing |
| past participle | predisposed |
| past | predisposed |
Origin of predispose
Either a back-formation from predisposition or borrowed from Middle French predisposer.
Words formed from predispose
Questions about predispose
- What does predispose mean?
- Predispose means to make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease).
- What is predispose in Tamil?
- Predispose in Tamil is முன்ஒழிப்பு. See Predispose meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is predispose?
- Predispose is a verb.
- What is the past tense of predispose?
- The past tense of predispose is predisposed.
Words near predispose in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: predispose (page history and authors); predispose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); predispose (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); predispose (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); predispose (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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