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Disincline   Listen
verb
Disincline  v. t.  (past & past part. disinclined; pres. part. disinclining)  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." "To social scenes by nature disinclined."






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"Disincline" Quotes from Famous Books



... but merely to say something at parting. No officer, of course, would ever refuse to grant such an interview, but it appears to me it should always be volunteered; for many men may wish it, whose habitual respect would disincline them to take such a liberty, even at the moment when all distinctions are about ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 17, No. - 488, May 7, 1831 • Various



Words linked to "Disincline" :   determine, influence, disinclination, indispose, mold, regulate, shape, dispose



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