DISAFFECTING

Verb

disaffecting

present participle of disaffect

Source: Wiktionary


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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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