disinclinev.
/dɪsɪnˈklʌɪn/ a. transitive. To deprive of inclination; to make indisposed, averse, or unwilling.
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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).
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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.
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