disaffect
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Synonym Usage
See estrange.
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Origin of disaffect
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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 Armando Palacio Valdés
The manner in which children's tastes are disregarded, their feelings ignored, and their instincts violated is enough to disaffect one with childhood.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 by Various
Say it's because you quite shamelessly made motions at others while you stood there, and did your best to disaffect men who hadn't the least desire to join in your trouble-making....
From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Sinclair Lewis
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 Gail Hamilton
And these first glimpses of the happy lives of others seemed to disaffect me more than ever with my own.
From Richard Vandermarck by Miriam Coles Harris
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