predisposing

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Ah me, that a man be self-subsistent, original, true, or what we call it, is surely the farthest in the world from indisposing him to reverence and believe other men's truth!

From On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas

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 Barrow, Isaac

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 Prentiss, E. (Elizabeth)

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 West, Charles

Four motives appear to me to have been puissant in indisposing Englishmen to the Northerners.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 by Various