PREDISPOSE

[verb] [T] [formal] - to influence (someone) and make them likely to behave in a particular wayHis family background predisposes him to support the Democrats. [+ object + to infinitive]The president is predisposed towards (= supports) negotiation and favours a peaceful way of resolving the crisis.If something predisposes someone to a disease, it makes that person likely to suffer from it.Smoking predisposes you to lung cancer.Researchers have discovered that up to one half of all children born of alcoholics are genetically predisposed to alcoholism.