indispose

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

From Armadale by Collins, Wilkie

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

The path now became steep and rather difficult; so much so, indeed, as to indispose them all to conversation.

From Home as Found by Cooper, James Fenimore

Indeed, at or near this time there were three particular occurrences which, when taken together, might well disturb the serenity and cheerfulness of her mind, and indispose her for writing—especially writing of a humorous character.

From Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record by Austen-Leigh, William

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