† disinvitev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To do the opposite of inviting; to retract or cancel an invitation to.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > demotivate [verb (transitive)] > discourage
remove?a1425
discourage1437
revoke1447
disporta1450
to take offa1616
to work off1627
to put off1631
dishearten1634
disinvitea1641
to put or set (anyone) by1768
eyebrow1876
a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 143 I was upon his Highness intimation sent to disinvite them.
1665 J. Sergeant Sure-footing in Christianity 27 Which would..disinvite to a pursuit.
Derivatives
disinˈviting adj.
ΚΠ
?1617 W. Alexander Suppl. Sidney's Arcadia iii. sig. ¶2 Casting a sideward looke on Zelmane, [he] made an imperious signe with a threatning allurement (a disinuiting inuiting of her) to follow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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v.?1617- dull-edged
- dull-emitting
- dull-esprited
- dull-eyed
- dull-featured
- dull-head
- dull-headed
- dull-hearted
- dull-house
- dull-looking
- dull-making
- dull-pate
- dull-pated
- dull-scented
- dull-sighted
- dull-smelling
- dull-spirited
- dull-surfaced
- dull-voiced
- dull-witted
- dull-wittedly
- dull-wittedness
- dullard
- dullardism
- dullardness