disaffect
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Discrimination against any class on account of color, race, nativity, sex, property, culture, can but embitter and disaffect that class, and thereby endanger the safety of the whole people.
From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Harper, Ida Husted
Gallatin warned him against the attempt that would be made to disaffect that district because none of the representatives whose seats had been vacated were residents of it.
From Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII by Stevens, John Austin
And these first glimpses of the happy lives of others seemed to disaffect me more than ever with my own.
From Richard Vandermarck by Harris, Miriam Coles
Say it's because you quite shamelessly made motions at others while you stood there, and did your best to disaffect men who hadn't the least desire to join in your trouble-making....
From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Lewis, Sinclair
I endeavor to detach her from him, and disaffect her towards him; knowing that, if I can separate them entirely, I shall be more likely to succeed in my plan.
From The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton by Foster, Hannah Webster
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