Predispose vs Prone - What's the difference?
predispose | prone |
To make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease).
To make someone inclined to something in advance; to influence.
Lying face downward; prostrate.(w)
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*:But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.
Having a downward inclination or slope.
Shooting from a lying down position.
Predisposed, liable, inclined.