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disincline

[ dis-in-klahyn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with or without object)

, dis·in·clined, dis·in·clin·ing.

to make or be averse or unwilling:
Your rudeness disinclines me to grant your request.

disincline

/ ˌdɪsɪnklɪˈneɪʃən; ˌdɪsɪnˈklaɪn /

First recorded in 1640–50; dis- ¹ + incline

A man may love oysters, but too many oysters will disincline him toward that particular diet.

And shall selfish feeling disincline me to such duties as these?

The water was so warm as at first to disincline one to enter it, but by degrees the sensation became far from unpleasant.

At the same time he denounced the authors, so as to disincline the reader to look into their pages for the D'Israelian plagiaries.

The efforts which a bad reader has to make, both disincline him to the task of reading, and hinder his appreciation of truth.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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