predispose

Meanings

Verb

make susceptible
- "This illness predisposes you to gain weight"
To make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease).
To make someone inclined to something in advance; to influence.

Origin / Etymology

Either a back-formation from predisposition or borrowed from Middle French predisposer.

Scrabble Score: 15

predispose is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
predispose is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
predispose is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

predispose is a valid Words With Friends word