Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - predispose
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Predispose
predispose
Date: 1646 transitive verb 1. to dispose in advance a good teacher ~s children to learn 2. to make susceptible malnutrition ~s one to disease intransitive verb to bring about susceptibility Synonyms: see incline • predisposition noun
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1.
v.tr. 1 influence favourably in advance. 2 (foll. by to, or to + infin.) render liable or inclined beforehand. Derivatives predisposition n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. предрасполагать, склонять to predispose smb. to do smth. (in favour of doing smth.) —- склонять кого-л. к каким-л. действиям 2. предрасполагать, создавать предрасположение to predispose to diseases —- предрасполагать к болезням ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
v. предрасполагать (к чему-л.) (to); Her early training and natural ability predisposed her to musicianship as a profession. ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
(predisposes, predisposing, predisposed) 1. If something predisposes you to think or behave in a particular way, it makes it likely that you will think or behave in that way. (FORMAL) They take pains to hire people whose personalities predispose them to serve customers well... There is evidence to suggest that certain factors predispose some individuals to criminal behaviour. VERB: V n to-inf, V n to n/-ing • predisposed ...people who are predisposed to violent crime. ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to-inf, ADJ to n 2. If something predisposes you to a disease or illness, it makes it likely that you will suffer from that disease or illness. (FORMAL) ...a gene that predisposes people to alcoholism. VERB: V n to n • predisposed Some people are genetically predisposed to diabetes. ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ v to make someone more likely to behave or think in a particular way or suffer from a health problem ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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