Verb (used with object), verb (used without object), : Your rudeness disinclines me to grant your request. From Dictionary.com.
That could disincline them to Obama's message of change. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 23, 2008] Reference
And that could disincline them to Obama's message of change. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 23, 2008] Reference
Watchmen-mania, might disincline some from partaking of the animated arts. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
January 31, 2008 at 1:02 pm dat sums it up. i can has disincline to exercise. From Wordnik.com. [New Year’s Resolution… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
It is natural that the public should disincline to assume any further burden to enrich the timber owner. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods] Reference
But a lot of the Democrats here consider themselves basically conservative and that could disincline them to Obama's message of change. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2008] Reference
That dissimilitude of appearance, which was supposed to keep them distinct from the rest of the nation, might disincline them from coalescing with the. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland] Reference
But the day of Jane's one real romance was still to come: a romance which probably affected the flow of her spirits, and helped to disincline her for literary composition, for some time after its occurrence. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record] Reference
It's not like we're making more money -- we're just collecting it to pass along to the state -- but from a customer's perspective, they just have to pay more when they buy from a physical store than from an online store, which can disincline some folks to buy local. From Wordnik.com. [Action Items for Booksellers & Others] Reference
The evidence of them would naturally disincline the. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography] Reference
The will must incline to what it now disinclines, and disincline to what it now inclines. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons to the Natural Man] Reference
Clearly to be the professed enemy of man did not altogether disincline you for his company!. From Wordnik.com. [Harvest] Reference
A man may love oysters, but too many oysters will disincline him toward that particular diet. From Wordnik.com. [Revolution, and Other Essays] Reference
She saw their existing posture clearly, yet believed, as men disincline to do, that they grow. From Wordnik.com. [Diana of the Crossways — Complete] Reference
Marigolds, for instance, ward off not only weeds, but also disincline rodents and vermin from grazing nearby. From Wordnik.com. [MoJo Blogs and Articles] Reference
This affair did not let him sleep sometimes, still it did not disincline him from working at that which he had begun already. From Wordnik.com. [The Argonauts] Reference
To pursue the subject might disincline you ever to take leave of the world of the unborn, whereas I am desirous of making your acquaintance as soon as possible. From Wordnik.com. [Diversions in Sicily] Reference
But I felt it; and it did not disincline me towards him; though I felt impatience at what seemed like mystery in him, so imperfectly as he was known to me then. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick, or, the whale] Reference
The derangement in the blood results in digestive disturbances and loss of appetite, followed by headache and lassitude which further disincline the girl for activity. From Wordnik.com. [The Social Emergency Studies in Sex Hygiene and Morals] Reference
A requirement that companies must take on workers who have been out of a job for at least 60 days to qualify for the credits may also disincline them to sign up for the plan. From Wordnik.com. [The Economist: Correspondent's diary]
Rooke's expedition against Cadiz also failed, as it was nearly certain to do; for his instructions were so to act as to conciliate the Spanish people and disincline them to the Bourbon king. From Wordnik.com. [The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783] Reference
That dissimilitude of appearance, which was supposed to keep them distinct from the rest of the nation, might disincline them from coalescing with the Pensylvanians, or people of Connecticut. From Wordnik.com. [Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland] Reference
I understand the need for comment registration, but it would assuredly disincline people of religious adherence to post and it's important for readers to see their puerile antics, as well as our refutations. From Wordnik.com. [Pharyngula] Reference
The parents raised no obstacles; but they did not conceal from their guest that the disaster which had befallen their daughter was but too likely to disincline her to receive his addresses, or any man's addresses, favorably. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels] Reference
Even if their gentle, peaceable characters did not disincline them for a deed of crime, if their indolence and lack of passionate feelings were not safe-guards from evil-doing the entire absence of incentive power prevents them from committing a guilty action. From Wordnik.com. [My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula)] Reference
It was my task to report to him the result of some experiments which he had suggested to me in the course of our correspondence: a very pleasant task, for, though facts, as I see them, disincline me to accept his theories, I have none the less the deepest veneration for his noble character and his scientific honesty. From Wordnik.com. [The Mason-Bees] Reference
When she waited on the table she displayed a pair of arms that would discourage any approach to familiarity, and disincline a timid person to ask twice for pie; but in point of fact, as soon as the party became her bona-fide guests, she was royally hospitable, and only displayed anxiety lest they should not eat enough. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
I’m impressed by the power of the argument that tax rates will disincline the rich to work. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Case for More Tax Brackets] Reference
And I have painful associations with the house which disincline me ever to enter it again. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Black Robe] Reference
Judge mildly the tasked world; and disincline. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
3. in-dispose, disincline. From Wordnik.com. [The Scholar's Spelling Assistant; Wherein the Words Are Arranged on an Improved Plan, According to Their Respective Principles of Accentuation. In a Manner Calculated to Familiarize the Art of Spelling and Pronunciation, to Remove Difficulties, and to Facilitate General Improvement Intended for the Use of Schools and Private Tuition] Reference
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