English Dictionary: disaffect | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Disaffect \Dis`af*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disaffected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {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. --Clarendon. 2. To disturb the functions of; to disorder. It disaffects the bowels. --Hammond. 3. To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed toward; to dislike. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. |