indispose verb trans. [ɪndɪ'spǝʊz] M17.[from IN-3 + DISPOSE verb.]1. Make unfit or incapable (
to do,
for). Now
spec. affect with illness or injury, incapacitate. Cf.
INDISPOSED 4.
M17.■ J. Wilkins That prejudice..did indispose them for an equal judgment of things. ■ Defoe He was a little indisposed by a Fall that he had received.2. Make averse or unwilling; disincline.
L17.■ J. Scott The miseries of the revolution..had totally indisposed the people towards any interference with politics.3. Cause to be unfavourably disposed; make unfriendly. Now
rare.
M18.■ J. H. Harris She has long indisposed the whole kingdom against her.4. Remove or avoid a physical tendency or inclination
to; make not liable or subject
to.
E19.■ Coleridge Inoculation..has so entered into the constitution, as to indispose it to infection. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲