Predisposed
[,pri:di'spəuzd]
Definition
(adj.) made susceptible; 'because of conditions in the mine, miners are predisposed to lung disease' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Predispose
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Examples
- There was, indeed, so deep a blush over Fanny's face at that moment as might warrant strong suspicion in a predisposed mind. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I was predisposed in your favour when you first told me of your conduct towards that unhappy woman whom you met under such remarkable circumstances. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Semi-starvation and neglected colds had predisposed most of the pupils to receive infection: forty-five out of the eighty girls lay ill at one time. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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