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misaffect

verb

Etymology

From mis- + affect.

  1. derived from afficere — “to act upon, influence, affect, attack with disease”
  2. derived from affectus
  3. derived from affectāre
  4. inherited from affecten
  5. prefixed as misaffect — “mis + affect”

Definitions

  1. To dislike.

  2. To affect in a negative way.

    • forasmuch as this malady is caused by precedent imagination, […] the brain must needs be primarily misaffected, as the seat of reason […]

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA