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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



... children's tastes are disregarded, their feelings ignored, and their instincts violated, is enough to disaffect one with childhood. They are expected to kiss all flesh that asks them to do so. They are jerked up into the laps of people whom they abhor. They say, "Yes, ma'am," under pain of bread and water for a ...
— Gala-days • Gail Hamilton


Words linked to "Disaffect" :   alienate, change, estrange, drift away, alien, modify, disaffection, wean


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