indispose
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Patience seems to be prudence, in this case; to indispose them, would do no good, and might do harm.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
This reflection tended to repress the inclination he would otherwise have felt for cultivating her society, but it did not indispose him to benefit her in a certain way.
From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
And—pardon me—may not the finding their progress obstructed by your scruples, the more indispose your sons to them?'
From The Pillars of the House, V1 by Charlotte Mary Yonge
"Yass'm," persisted the waiter, "he dah now, in bed; slightly indispose'."
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by George Washington Cable
The religion of Sully also tended to indispose the Queen towards him.
From The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 2 by Julia Pardoe
Entertaining down to the last minute, the Bastille Opera finally opened its season with a sad-faced functionary who stepped in front of the curtain to tell us that the “Simone Boccanegra” baritone was indisposed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Austin will transfer authority to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks while he is indisposed, the Pentagon said.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
The Pittsburgh Steelers went into Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders with an indisposed defense and left with the squad in worse shape, but it appears that there’s hope.
From Fox News ● Sep. 21, 2021
Even the queen actually ends up as the heartsore queen consort, married to the mad George III, who is indisposed for the series.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2021
Within a year she was dismissing servants, ordering about his household knights, even speaking for his lordship when he was indisposed.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
She says she loves to see me gay and cheerful, as is natural at my age, but that levity quite upsets and disorders the mind, indisposing it for serious thoughts.
From Stepping Heavenward by E. (Elizabeth) Prentiss
The theological romanticism of Lacordaire and of Montalembert was not much more appreciated by them, the dogmatic ignorance and the very weak reasoning powers of this school indisposing them against it.
From Recollections of My Youth by Ernest Renan
For the most part the influence of the bath is limited to abating their severity, shortening their duration, and indisposing to their return.
From The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases by Charles West
Ah! 'twas a lovely world!—no more I met that indisposing bore, The unseraphic cynogogue— The man who's proud to love a dog.
From Black Beetles in Amber by Ambrose Bierce
Wherefore we should never suffer them to be dissolved into levity, or disordered into a wanton frame, indisposing us for religious thoughts and actions.
From Sermons on Evil-Speaking by Isaac Barrow
