indispose

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He bowed—"Pardon me, Madam—I was leetel indispose, dat ish true!"

From Pamela, Volume II by Richardson, Samuel

In the evening at to arrive at the inn did feign to be indispose, to the end that one bring him the supper.

From English as she is spoke or, A jest in sober earnest by Fonseca, José da

Nor ought the humble condition of the oppressed to indispose him to grant them a hearing; for the doctrine they professed was not their own, but that of the Almighty himself.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 by Baird, Henry Martyn

And—pardon me—may not the finding their progress obstructed by your scruples, the more indispose your sons to them?'

From The Pillars of the House, V1 by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Patience seems to be prudence, in this case; to indispose them, would do no good, and might do harm.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson