as in to influence
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to cause (someone) to be more likely to behave in a particular way or to be affected by a particular condition
Past experiences have predisposed her to distrust people. Researchers have identified a gene that may predispose some people to the disease.
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Recent Examples of predispose
Two non-avoidable factors that predispose some individuals to vascular issues like stroke are getting older and genetics/a family history of heart disease, says Thachil.
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Daryl Austin, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
Instead, variations in many genes can predispose a person to depression, especially when combined with stressful life events or other environmental factors.3
In some cases, a person with depression inherits genes from one or both parents that predispose them to depression.
—Michael MacIntyre, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2025
Some breeds, notoriously the Abyssinian and Siamese are more predisposed to aggression than other cats.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Cardiologists say the findings are a critical step toward treating the millions of Americans genetically predisposed to abnormally high levels of Lp(a).
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 31 Mar. 2025
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Daryl Austin, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
Instead, variations in many genes can predispose a person to depression, especially when combined with stressful life events or other environmental factors.3
In some cases, a person with depression inherits genes from one or both parents that predispose them to depression.
—Michael MacIntyre, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2025
Some breeds, notoriously the Abyssinian and Siamese are more predisposed to aggression than other cats.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Cardiologists say the findings are a critical step toward treating the millions of Americans genetically predisposed to abnormally high levels of Lp(a).
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predispose
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The proof of the machine’s handicapping chops — or more accurately, the proof of the machine’s programmers’ handicapping chops in weighting the hundreds of factors influencing Thoroughbred performance — will be in the proverbial pudding.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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The Wall Street Journal reported that one attorney for the families questioned whether Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg’s appearance at a ceremony this week in Doha, Qatar, with Trump influenced the decision, but a person familiar with the meeting said Doha was not mentioned at the meeting.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
16 May 2025
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For fifteen years, the Patriotic Millionaires have waged an earnest battle to persuade wealthy people to lobby for higher taxes on themselves.—
Evan Osnos,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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The filmmakers told me that Spiegelman’s free-speech run-in with the county school board was instrumental in persuading WNET to back Disaster Is My Muse.—
Daniel Engber,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
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He perhaps was motivated to leave the images online, as toxic Mr. Deepfakes uploaders could earn as much as $1,500 for convincing non-consensual deepfakes of public figures.—
Ashley Belanger – May 27,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2025
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Seth Rollins convinced Finn Balor to work with him against Sami Zayn.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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“Predispose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predispose. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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