indispose

Example Sentences

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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

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

Such a proceeding would, he was convinced, by no means disincline others in different circumstances to accept hereditary titles, nor indispose the ministry to confer them.

From The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 by Yonge, Charles Duke

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

From Pamela, Volume II by Richardson, Samuel

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

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