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Disaffect
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. 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. Clarendon.
2. To disturb the functions of; to disorder. It disaffects the bowels. Hammond.
3. To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed toward; to dislike. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.