Predigest
(Pre`di*gest") v. t. (Med.) To subject (food) to predigestion or artificial digestion.
Predigestion
(Pre`di*ges"tion) n.
1. Digestion too soon performed; hasty digestion. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. (Med.) Artificial digestion of food for use in illness or impaired digestion.
Predilect
(Pre`di*lect") v. t. To elect or choose beforehand. [R.] Walter Harte.
Predilection
(Pre`di*lec"tion) n. [Pref. pre- + L. dilectus, p. p. diligere to prefer: cf. F. prédilection.
See Diligent.] A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose
or like; partiality. Burke.
Prediscover
(Pre`dis*cov"er) v. t. To discover beforehand.
Prediscovery
(Pre`dis*cov"er*y) n. A previous discovery.
Predisponency
(Pre`dis*po"nen*cy) n. The state of being predisposed; predisposition. [R.]
Predisponent
(Pre`dis*po"nent) a. Disposing beforehand; predisposing. — n. That which predisposes.
Predisponent causes. (Med.) See Predisposing causes, under Predispose. Dunglison.
Predispose
(Pre`dis*pose") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predisposed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Predisposing.] [Pref.
pre- + dispose: cf. F. prédisposer.]
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.
Predisposing causes (Med.), causes which render the body liable to disease; predisponent causes.
Predisposition
(Pre*dis`po*si"tion) n.[Pref. pre- + disposition: cf. F. prédisposition.]
1. The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; —
applied to the mind; as, a predisposition to anger.
2. Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression, or purpose; susceptibility; — applied to material
things; as, the predisposition of the body to disease.
