indispose

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I did not wish to indispose him still further by an appearance of marked curiosity.

From Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph

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

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

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

The cause in which this document was written will indispose the candid reader to any criticism of its somewhat exuberant language.

From White Slavery in the Barbary States by Sumner, Charles

"What circumstances can possibly indispose you to give your law business to Mr. Darch?"

From Armadale by Collins, Wilkie