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Definitions for indispose
ˌɪn dɪˈspoʊzin·dis·pose

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. indispose, disinclineverb

    make unwilling

  2. disqualify, unfit, indisposeverb

    make unfit or unsuitable

    "Your income disqualifies you"

  3. indisposeverb

    cause to feel unwell

    "She was indisposed"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To INDISPOSEverb

    Etymology: indisposer, French.

    Nothing can be reckoned good or bad to us in this life, any farther than it prepares or indisposes us for the enjoyments of another. Francis Atterbury.

    It has a strange efficacy to indispose the heart to religion. Robert South, Sermons.

    The soul is not now hindered in its actings by the distemperature of indisposed organs. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.

    Though it weakened, yet it made him rather indisposed than sick, and did no ways disable him from studying. Izaak Walton.

    The king was sufficiently indisposed towards the persons, or the principles of Calvin's disciples. Edward Hyde.

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  1. indispose

    Indispose generally means to make someone unwilling or unable to do something, often due to illness or a particular physical or mental condition. It can also refer to upsetting or disturbing someone's composure or convenience.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Indisposeverb

    to render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify

  2. Indisposeverb

    to disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat

  3. Indisposeverb

    to disincline; to render averse or unfavorable; as, a love of pleasure indisposes the mind to severe study; the pride and selfishness of men indispose them to religious duties

  4. Etymology: [OE. indispos indisposed, feeble, or F. indispos indisposed. See In- not, and Dispose.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Indispose

    in-dis-pōz′, v.t. to render indisposed, averse, or unfit.—pa.p. and adj. Indisposed′, averse: slightly disordered in health.—ns. Indispos′edness, Indisposi′tion, state of being indisposed: disinclination: slight illness.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of indispose in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of indispose in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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