indispose

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See also: indisposé

English

Etymology

From Middle French indisposer, equivalent to in- +‎ dispose.

Verb

indispose (third-person singular simple present indisposes, present participle indisposing, simple past and past participle indisposed)

  1. (transitive) To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.
  2. (transitive) To make indisposed, or slightly unwell.
  3. (transitive) To disincline.
    A love of pleasure indisposes the mind to severe study.

Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for indispose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Pronunciation

Verb

indispose

  1. inflection of indisposer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Verb

indispose

  1. third-person singular past historic of indisporre

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