indispose

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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

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

We are now," returned the other, "quartered among friends, to whom we ought to be not only punctual but liberal, lest we indispose them to the service.

From The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel by West, Jane

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

May not some persons even entertain the apprehension, that it will indispose them to such pursuits?

From Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin by James, Eighth Earl of Elgin