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Webster 1913 Edition


Disincline

Disˊin-cline′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disinclined
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
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.
Clarendon.
To social scenes by nature
disinclined
.
Cowper.

Webster 1828 Edition


Disincline

DISINCLINE

,
Verb.
T.
[dis and incline.] To excite dislike or slight aversion; to make disaffected; to alienate from. His timidity disinclined him from such an arduous enterprise.

Definition 2024


disincline

disincline

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Verb

disincline (third-person singular simple present disinclines, present participle disinclining, simple past and past participle disinclined)

  1. Opposite of to incline; to make reluctant.