资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Predispose \Pre`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predisposed};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Predisposing}.] [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf.
   F. pr['e]disposer.]
   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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

predisposed
     adj : made susceptible; "because of conditions in the mine, miners
           are predisposed to lung disease"