Definition of "predisposes" [predisposes]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of predispose. (verb)

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• "This is not a pedigree that predisposes him to accept the necessary limits of the philosophical life."
• "The narrative-as-product paradigm is one which obscures the true nature of the contracts involved, predisposes us to think in terms of production-line employment, and thereby represents exploitative and unwarranted demands on artists as obligations."
• "Or is there something inside our heads that predisposes us to make music and poetry and to have categories like right and wrong?"