indispose

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All his jealousy is actively alive to the smallest shade of fault, although his feelings so much indispose him to see any blemish.

From Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore

A little more sadness than is within bounds will also indispose us for this duty.

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

In the evening at to arrive at the inn did feign to be indispose, to the end that one bring him the supper.

From English as she is spoke or, A jest in sober earnest by Fonseca, José da

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

The cause in which this document was written will indispose the candid reader to any criticism of its somewhat exuberant language.

From White Slavery in the Barbary States by Sumner, Charles