单词 | disincline |
释义 | disinclinev. a. transitive. To deprive of inclination; to make indisposed, averse, or unwilling. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > demotivate [verb (transitive)] > disincline disincline1702 undispose1777 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 230 It serv'd..to disincline them from any Reverence or Affection to the Queen. 1749 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Spirit Patriotism 242 I know that they dis-inclined men from the succession. 1804 Ld. Castlereagh in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 252 The jealousy which even then disinclined the Peishwa to place himself in our hands. 1846 D. King Treat. Lord's Supper iv. 106 He disinclines us for sin. 1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. ii. 33 Other considerations..might well disincline him to a warlike expedition. b. intransitive. To be indisposed or unwilling; to incline not (to do something). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > be unwilling [verb (intransitive)] nillOE loathea1200 to make it tough1297 forthinka1300 reckc1300 ruea1400 to make (it) strangec1405 to make strangenessc1407 stick1418 resistc1425 to make (it) strange?1456 steek1478 tarrowc1480 doubt1483 sunyie1488 to make (it) nice1530 stay1533 shentc1540 to make courtesy (at)1542 to make it scrupulous1548 to think (it) much1548 to make dainty of (anything)1555 to lie aback1560 stand1563 steek1573 to hang back1581 erch1584 to make doubt1586 to hang the groin1587 to make scruple (also a, no, etc., scruple)1589 yearn1597 to hang the winga1601 to make squeamish1611 smay1632 bogglea1638 to hang off1641 waver1643 reluct1648 shy1650 reluctate1655 stickle1656 scruple1660 to make boggle1667 revere1689 begrudge1690 to have scruples1719 stopc1738 bitch1777 reprobate1779 crane1823 disincline1885 1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways I. i. 19 She..believed, as men disincline to do, that they grow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < |
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