'Disaffect' definitions:

Definition of 'disaffect'

From: WordNet
verb
Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious" [syn: estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect]

Definition of 'Disaffect'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his majesty's late army. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To disturb the functions of; to disorder. [1913 Webster]
  • It disaffects the bowels. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed toward; to dislike. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]

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