indispose

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A little more mirth than is needful will indispose us for prayer.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

Still I do believe that time and history, and national pride, and Swiss morgue, have brought about a state of feeling that would indispose them to bow down to a Swiss sovereign.

From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore

The religion of Sully also tended to indispose the Queen towards him.

From The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 2 by Pardoe, Julia

In fact, the anathema remained inefficacious within and without.313 In vain did the pope employ the Jesuits to raise or indispose the European courts against the Venetians.

From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois

Must not the torrent of invective and abuse, almost universally poured upon this people, tend to disaffect and indispose them to civil association! 

From A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of the Gypsies by Hoyland, John