indispose

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Its tendency was to produce in the minds of Gypsies, disaffection to the state, and to indispose others from aiding in the execution of the edict. 

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

"Yass'm," persisted the waiter, "he dah now, in bed; slightly indispose'."

From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington

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

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

Years and infirmities may indispose him to enter on a mighty war; but he thinks more of his dynasty than of himself, his ambition being to found a reigning house.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 by Various