PREDISPOSE
predispose
(verb) make susceptible; “This illness predisposes you to gain weight”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
predispose (third-person singular simple present predisposes, present participle predisposing, simple past and past participle predisposed)
To make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease).
To make someone inclined to something in advance; to influence.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre`dis*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predisposed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Predisposing.] Etym: [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf. F. prédisposer.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition