disaffect
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Synonym Usage
See estrange.
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Origin of disaffect
Example Sentences
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I endeavor to detach her from him, and disaffect her towards him; knowing that, if I can separate them entirely, I shall be more likely to succeed in my plan.
From The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton by Foster, Hannah Webster
Discrimination against any class on account of color, race, nativity, sex, property, culture, can but embitter and disaffect that class, and thereby endanger the safety of the whole people.
From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Harper, Ida Husted
And any and every discrimination against any class, whether on account of color, race, nativity, sex, property, culture, can but imbitter and disaffect that class, and thereby endanger the safety of the whole people.
From An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting by Anonymous
The manner in which children's tastes are disregarded, their feelings ignored, and their instincts violated, is enough to disaffect one with childhood.
From Gala-days by Hamilton, Gail
And these first glimpses of the happy lives of others seemed to disaffect me more than ever with my own.
From Richard Vandermarck by Harris, Miriam Coles
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