predispose to

predispose someone or something to(ward) something

to make someone or something susceptible to something. Your comments will not predispose me toward a favorable treatment of your case. Do you think that this weather will predispose me to catching a cold?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sroel	-	Yiddish
Ninel	nee-NYEL	Russian
Adolph	AD-ahlf, AY-dahlf	English
Cherie	SHER-ee, shə-REE	English
Mirza	-	Persian, Arabic, Bosnian
Hikmat	-	Arabic