Disinclining

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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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