Disincline

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disincline \Dis`in*cline"\, v. 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.
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           Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or
           affection to the Queen.                  --Clarendon.
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           To social scenes by nature disinclined.  --Cowper.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disincline
       v : make unwilling [syn: {indispose}] [ant: {dispose}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "disincline":
     blunt, chill, cool, damp, dampen, deflect, deter, disaffect,
     discourage, disinterest, distract, divert, indispose, put off,
     quench, repel, turn aside, turn away, turn from, turn off,
     wean from