Crossword clues for disaffect
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disaffect \Dis`af*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disaffected; p. pr. & vb. n. Disaffecting.]
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To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness.
They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his majesty's late army.
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To disturb the functions of; to disorder.
It disaffects the bowels.
--Hammond. To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed toward; to dislike. [Obs.]
--Bp. Hall.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty; to alienate or estrange
WordNet
Usage examples of "disaffect".
The village of Beauharnois was partially destroyed by fire, and the houses of disaffected persons in every part shared the same fate.
In order to complete the conquest Major Outram was sent into certain disturbed districts between Cabool and Can-dahar to tranquillize the disaffected Ghilzee tribes, who had not yet acknowledged Shah Soojah, and replace the refractory chieftains with newly-appointed governors.
There were no men amongst the leaders of the disaffected in Ireland to command the respect of England, in that sense which a dominant nation respects the power of a rival, or of an insurgent province.
A petition was presented to the house from the mayor and leading merchants of Liverpool, expressing gratitude for this measure, and declaring the apprehensions entertained from the active communications passing between the disaffected in Ireland and the large Irish population in Liverpool.
MacManus, a trader in Liverpool, was the most prominent person among the disaffected in Lancashire.
It may be stated here, as a circumstance showing how much on the alert are those who are endeavouring to repress the rebellious movements of the disaffected, that information was received yesterday morning by the authorities, that two sons of Hyland, the notorious pike-maker of Dublin, arrived from that city in Liverpool on Monday last.
Gwalior with but few military detachments, this circumstance encouraged the disaffected there, and a partial insurrection took place.
An alarm was spread that men would be brought together from all nations, revolutionists and anarchists, especially from France, Italy, and Germany, and that possibly, with the assistance of these invaders landing upon our shores in the disguise of promoters of peace and industry, a revolution of the disaffected among ourselves would be attempted.
His lordship denounced the imprudence of the Colonial Reform Association, which, by its correspondence with disaffected persons, kept alive discontent wherever it existed, and indirectly promoted it everywhere else.
The colonists, moreover, were encouraged in their spirit of resistance by the emigration of numbers who had lately left England, and who being disaffected persons, diffused republican sentiments in all the provinces.
In his speech, his majesty exhorted the members, with more than ordinary earnestness, to exert themselves in their several counties to repress the efforts of the disaffected, and in maintaining public peace and good order.
The minds of the Americans had been chafed to such a degree by their original grievances, and the measures which had been adopted to enforce their quiescence, that they became every day more and more disaffected toward the English government.
Added to this embarrassment, many of the inhabitants were disaffected to the American cause, and even a part of his own guards entered into a conspiracy to seize his person, and deliver him to the enemy.
The disaffected were encouraged by the hope of speedy aid from Virginia and by congress, who were resolved to make the most strenuous efforts to recover South Carolina.
Kalb was appointed to drive the royalists out of the country in North Carolina, and to encourage the disaffected in South Carolina.