(~s, predisposing, ~d)
1.
If something ~s you to think or behave in a particular way, it makes it likely that you will think or behave in that way. (FORMAL)
They take pains to hire people whose personalities ~ them to serve customers well...
There is evidence to suggest that certain factors ~ some individuals to criminal behaviour.
VERB: V n to-inf, V n to n/-ing
~d
...people who are ~d to violent crime.
ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to-inf, ADJ to n
2.
If something ~s you to a disease or illness, it makes it likely that you will suffer from that disease or illness. (FORMAL)
...a gene that ~s people to alcoholism.
VERB: V n to n
~d
Some people are genetically ~d to diabetes.
ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to n