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Predispose vs Indispose - What's the difference?

predispose | indispose |

As verbs the difference between predispose and indispose

is that predispose is to make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease) while indispose is to render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.

predispose

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease).
  • To make someone inclined to something in advance; to influence.
  • Derived terms

    * predisposal * predisposedly * predisposedness

    indispose

    English

    Verb

    (indispos)
  • To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.
  • To make indisposed, or slightly unwell.
  • To disincline.
  • * A love of pleasure indisposes the mind to severe study.''
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