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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

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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. Bp. Hall.

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  • ESTRANGE
    extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See 1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and
  • ESTRANGER
    One who estranges.
  • CONVEYER
    1. One who, or that which, conveys or carries, transmits or transfers. 2. One given to artifices or secret practices; a juggler; a cheat; a thief. Shak.
  • TRANSFEREE
    The person to whom a transfer in made.
  • DISAFFECTED
    Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal. J. H. Newman. -- Dis`af*fect"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis`af*fect"ed*ness, n.
  • CONVEYANCER
    One whose business is to draw up conveyances of property, as deeds, mortgages, leases, etc. Burrill.
  • DISAFFECTIONATE
    Not disposed to affection; unfriendly; disaffected. Blount.
  • TRANSFEROGRAPHY
    The act or process of copying inscriptions, or the like, by making transfers.
  • CONVEYOR
    A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp., one for conveying grain, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck running along a rope.
  • TRANSFERRIBLE
    Capable of being transferred; transferable.
  • ALIENATE
    Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from. O alienate from God. Milton.
  • ESTRANGEDNESS
    State of being estranged; estrangement. Prynne.
  • CONVEY
    conviare, fr. L. con- + via way. See Viaduct, Voyage, and cf. 1. To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport. I will convey them by sea in fleats. 1 Kings v. 9. Convey me to my bed, then to my grave. Shak. 2. To cause to pass from
  • TRANSFER
    1. To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion. 2. To make over the possession or control of; to pass;
  • ABALIENATE
    To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate. 2. To estrange; to withdraw. 3. To cause alienation of . Sandys.
  • TRANSFERENCE
    The act of transferring; conveyance; passage; transfer.
  • DISAFFECTION
    1. State of being disaffected; alienation or want of affection or good will, esp. toward those in authority; unfriendliness; dislike. In the making laws, princes must have regard to . . . the affections and disaffections of the people. Jer. Taylor.
  • TRANSFERABLE
    1. Capable of being transferred or conveyed from one place or person to another. 2. Negotiable, as a note, bill of exchange, or other evidence of property, that may be conveyed from one person to another by indorsement or other writing; capable
  • DISAFFECT
    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
  • ESTRANGEMENT
    The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation. An estrangement from God. J. C. Shairp. A long estrangement from better things. South.
  • RECONVEY
    1. To convey back or to the former place; as, to reconvey goods. 2. To transfer back to a former owner; as, to reconvey an estate.
  • RECONVEYANCE
    Act of reconveying.
  • EXTRAJUDICIAL CONVEYANCE
    A conveyance, as by deed, effected by the act of the parties and not involving, as in the fine and recovery, judicial proceedings.

 

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