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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
predisposed
    adj 1: made susceptible; "because of conditions in the mine,
           miners are predisposed to lung disease"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Predispose \Pre`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predisposed;
   p. pr. & vb. n. Predisposing.] [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf.
   F. pr['e]disposer.]
   1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition
      or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency
      to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease.
      [1913 Webster]

   Predisposing causes (Med.), causes which render the body
      liable to disease; predisponent causes.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Predisposed:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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