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Disincline

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.

Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or affection to the Queen.
--Clarendon.

To social scenes by nature disinclined.
--Cowper.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
disincline

1640s, from dis- + incline (v.). Related: Disinclined; disinclining.

Wiktionary
disincline

alt. Opposite of to incline; to make reluctant. vb. Opposite of to incline; to make reluctant.

WordNet
disincline

v. make unwilling [syn: indispose] [ant: dispose]

Usage examples of "disincline".

And the native Alamanni, though fond of combat, are disinclined to suicide.

I could not approve of her, but I was disinclined to condemn, for that would have meant an end to our acquaintance and, despite everything, her company pleased me.

He had failed in a more subtle ambition, and for the moment he was heartsore and disillusionised, and not disinclined to take a certain cynical pleasure in observing and labelling his fellow wanderers as they went their ways in the dark stretches between the lamp-lights.

Heathcliff, who grew more and more disinclined to society, had almost banished Earnshaw from his apartment.

In fact, most of the curtains still hung across the doors of the little swans’ cubicles, showing that the younger concubines were either still asleep or disinclined to leave.

Myre, on the other hand, seemed disinclined to do more than toddle to the edge of her little nursery-cave, or to the store of torn-up meat Alara had left for her.

And now, without something to challenge us, the Kin are complacent and fat, and disinclined to bestir themselves over anything.

The other dragons were disinclined to obey the orders of two-leggers, and once the last of the work on the fortress had been completed, things threatened to become very chaotic unless he took a hand.

If he were sound asleep or disinclined, the gesture was slight enough to pass unnoticed.

The cat, disinclined to share, had hissed at the baby and frightened him.

VAiile they might side with Barlow in theory, in practice most were disinclined to waste a rare festive occasion in controversy with Hermon Husband over the rights of the tax-paying poor.

He got little credit from Davis, who referred to his discoveries in the first person singular, but since the American was completely ignorant of excavation procedures and disinclined to follow them anyhow, Maspero had required him to employ a qualified person.

De Gex had been oddly disinclined to torture him thus far, which had caused Jack to wonder what new, excruciating horrors might be in store for him.

His wishes, candidly and kindly expressed both to Vernon and Mrs Mountstuart, were, that since the girl appeared disinclined to make him a happy man, she would make one of his cousin.

Lightning zipped and flashed, offering chances Rex felt disinclined to take.