indispose

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We indispose the French government, and they will retract their offer of the treaty of commerce.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

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

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 path now became steep and rather difficult; so much so, indeed, as to indispose them all to conversation.

From Home as Found by Cooper, James Fenimore

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