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DISINTERESTS
Verb
disinterests
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disinterest
Source: Wiktionary
DISINTEREST
Dis*in"ter*est, p. a.
Definition: Disinterested. [Obs.] The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. Jer. Taylor.
Dis*in"ter*est, n.
1. What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage. [Obs.] Glanvill.
2. Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness. [Obs.] Johnson.
Dis*in"ter*est, v. t.
Definition: To divest of interest or interested motives. [Obs.] Feltham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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