indispose

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I did not wish to indispose him still further by an appearance of marked curiosity.

From Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph

I haven't signed it, as my unmeaning name would perhaps indispose the fellow to see much good in it.

From Born in Exile by Gissing, George

We are now," returned the other, "quartered among friends, to whom we ought to be not only punctual but liberal, lest we indispose them to the service.

From The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel by West, Jane

Nor ought the humble condition of the oppressed to indispose him to grant them a hearing; for the doctrine they professed was not their own, but that of the Almighty himself.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 by Baird, Henry Martyn

A little more mirth than is needful will indispose us for prayer.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh