disaffect
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Synonym Usage
See estrange.
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Etymology
Origin of disaffect
Example Sentences
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Must not the torrent of invective and abuse, almost universally poured upon this people, tend to disaffect and indispose them to civil association!
From A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of the Gypsies by Hoyland, John
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 any and every discrimination against any class, whether 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 History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Miguel, in spite of his own lack of faith, found his wife's piety so poetical, so innocent, that it never once passed through his mind to disaffect her of it.
From Maximina by Palacio Valdés, Armando
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
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