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Disaffect   Listen
verb
Disaffect  v. t.  (past & past part. disaffected; pres. part. disaffecting)  
1.
To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness. "They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his majesty's late army."
2.
To disturb the functions of; to disorder. "It disaffects the bowels."
3.
To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed toward; to dislike. (Obs.)





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"Disaffect" Quotes from Famous Books



... ever failed. Besides, I am apprehensive that she is prepossessed in favor of the other swain, the clerical lover, whom I have mentioned to you before. The chord, therefore, upon which I play the most, is the dissimilarity of their dispositions and pleasures. I endeavor to detach her from him, and disaffect her towards him; knowing that, if I can separate them entirely, I shall be more likely to succeed in my plan. Not that I have any thoughts of marrying her myself; that will not do at present. But I love her too well to see her connected with another for life. I must own myself a little ...
— The Coquette - The History of Eliza Wharton • Hannah Webster Foster


Words linked to "Disaffect" :   disaffection, alter, estrange, drift apart, drift away, alienate


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