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Webster 1913 Edition

Indisposition

In-disˊpo-si′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
indisposition
.]
1.
The state of being indisposed; disinclination;
as, the
indisposition
of two substances to combine
.
A general
indisposition
towards believing.
Atterbury.
2.
A slight disorder or illness.
Rather as an
indisposition
in health than as any set sickness.
Hayward.

Webster 1828 Edition

Indisposition

INDISPOSI'TION

, n.
1.
Disinclination; aversion; unwillingness; dislike; as the indisposition of men to submit to severe discipline; an indisposition to abandon vicious practices.
A general indisposition towards believing.
2.
Slight disorder of the healthy functions of the body; tendency to disease. Indisposition is a slight defect of healthy action in bodily functions, rather than settled or marked disease.
3.
Want of tendency or natural appetency or affinity; as the indisposition of two substances to combine.

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