Predispose

v. t.
  1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.
  2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease.
  3. Predisposing causes (Med.),
    causes which render the body liable to disease; predisponent causes.