Definition for PRE-DIS-PO-SI'TION

PRE-DIS-PO-SI'TION, n.

  1. Previous inclination or propensity to any thing; applied to the mind.
  2. Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression or purpose; applied to matter; as, the predisposition of the body to disease; the predisposition of the seasons to generate diseases. – Wiseman. Bacon.

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