transitive. To dispose or induce to behave, think, feel, etc., in a particular way; esp. to instil in (a… With preposition (esp. to) or infinitive.

To turn or dispose (some one, his heart) to a person or thing; to incline or influence (a person, etc.) to do something. Obsolete.

To incline or dispose (a person); to bend or divert to something. Obsolete.

transitive. To add weight to; to weight, load, burden; to weigh down, oppress; to incline or sway by or as by weight. Cf. peise, v. 6a. Obsolete.

transitive. To cause (one scale of a balance, etc.) to descend on account of greater weight; to weigh down. Chiefly figurative: to cause to incline…

Psychology. To predispose (a person or other organism) to a given response; usually passive. Also intransitive for passive. Cf. set, n.1 12.