DISINCLINE

indispose, disincline

(verb) make unwilling

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

disincline (third-person singular simple present disinclines, present participle disinclining, simple past and past participle disinclined)

(transitive) To make reluctant; to lessen the inclination of.

Source: Wiktionary


Dis`in*cline", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinclined; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinclining.]

Definition: To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate. Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or affection to the Queen. Clarendon. To social scenes by nature disinclined. Cowper.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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