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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pre·dis·pose /ˌpridɪˈspoz/
 (vt.)預先安排,使偏向于

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 pre·dis·pose /ˌprɪdɪsˈpoz/ 動詞
 使易害(病),造成…的因素

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pre·dis·pose v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predisposed p. pr. & vb. n. Predisposing.]
 1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.
 2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease.
 Predisposing causes Med., causes which render the body liable to disease; predisponent causes.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 predispose
      v : make susceptible; "This illness predisposes you to gain
          weight"