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To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.

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  1. v. t. To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.
  2. v. make unwilling
  3. 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.
  4. To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversionin; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or affection tothe Queen. Clarendon.To social scenes by nature disinclined. Cowper.