Meanings
verbforedispose (third-person singular simple present foredisposes, present participle foredisposing, simple past and past participle foredisposed)
present singular third person foredisposes · participle present foredisposing · participle past foredisposed · past foredisposed
- archaictransitiveTo bestow beforehand.
King James had by promise foredisposed the place on the Bishop of Meath.
1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
Origin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with foredispose
closegoesosrosefollowsclothesknowsJosedosnosechosehoseproposediscloseposeimposefellowsopposeexposeprosebosecomposedisposeenclose
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foredispose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foredispose
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