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indispose
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Word definitions for indispose in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Indispose \In`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indisposed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Indisposing .] [OE. indispos indisposed, feeble, or F. indispos['e] indisposed. See In- not, and Dispose .] To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify. To disorder slightly ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. make unwilling [syn: disincline ] [ant: dispose ] make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you" [syn: disqualify , unfit ] [ant: qualify ] cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed"
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify. 2 (context transitive English) To make indisposed, or slightly unwell. 3 (context transitive English) To disincline.
Usage examples of indispose.
She and that slave had no language in common, except for basic commands and responses, and the Seres girl seemed indisposed to affability, anyway.
I was there in person, as it happens, observin' as a member of the family since my mother was indisposed.
General Winder seemed very indifferent to the welfare of the prisoners, indisposed to do anything, or to do as much as I thought he ought to do, to alleviate their sufferings.
For heads that are disposed unto Schism and complexionally propense to innovation, are naturally indisposed for a community, nor will be ever confined unto the order or œconomy of one body.
The Mystic Rose was indisposed, but there were enough minor Astors to give “tong” to the day.
Woodhouse should dine out, on the 24th of December) had been spent by Harriet at Hartfield, and she had gone home so much indisposed with a cold, that, but for her own earnest wish of being nursed by Mrs.
Jack Aubrey, having done what little business he had to do, and having called in vain at New Place - 'Mr Lowndes was indisposed: Mrs Villiers was not at home' -sat drinking beer in an ale-house near the Castle.
Jack Aubrey, having done what little business he had to do, and having called in vain at New Place - ‘Mr Lowndes was indisposed: Mrs Villiers was not at home’ -sat drinking beer in an ale-house near the Castle.
Perry called at Hartfield, the same morning, it appeared that she was so much indisposed as to have been visited, though against her own consent, by himself, and that she was suffering under severe headachs, and a nervous fever to a degree, which made him doubt the possibility of her going to Mrs.
His third eyelid, the nictitating membrane that covered his eye from the inner corner to the middle, had spread across his vision as it did when there was too much light or he was otherwise indisposed.