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Dis`af*fect"ed, a. Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal. J. H. Newman. -- Dis`af*fect"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis`af*fect"ed*ness, n.

Dis`af*fec"tion (?), n. 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.

2. Disorder; bad constitution. [R.] Wiseman.

Syn. -- Dislike; disgust; discontent; unfriendliness; alienation; disloyalty; hostility.

Dis`af*fec"tion*ate (?), a. Not disposed to affection; unfriendly; disaffected. [R.] Blount.

Dis`af*firm" (?), v. t. 1. To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; -- said of that which has been asserted.

2. (Law) To refuse to confirm; to annul, as a judicial decision, by a contrary judgment of a superior tribunal.

Dis`af*firm"ance (?), n. 1. The act of disaffirming; denial; negation.

2. (Law) Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal; as, disaffirmance of judgment.

Dis*af`fir*ma"tion (?), n. The act of disaffirming; negation; refutation.

Dis`af*for"est (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disafforested; p. pr. & vb. n. Disafforesting.] [Pref. dis- + afforest: cf. OF. desaforester.] (Eng. Law) To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws.

By charter 9 Henry III. many forests were disafforested.

Blackstone.

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Dis*ag"gre*gate (?), v. t. To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.

Dis*ag`gre*ga"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. désagrégation.] The separation of an aggregate body into its component parts.

Dis`a*gree" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disagreed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disageeing.] [Pref. dis- + agree: cf. F. désagréer to displease.] 1. To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.

They reject the plainest sense of Scripture, because it seems to disagree with what they call reason.

Atterbury.

2. To differ in opinion; to hold discordant views; to be at controversy; to quarrel.

Who shall decide, when doctors disagree?

Pope.

3. To be unsuited; to have unfitness; as, medicine sometimes disagrees with the patient; food often disagrees with the stomach or the taste.

Usually followed by with, sometimes by to, rarely by from; as, I disagree to your proposal.

Syn. -- To differ; vary; dissent.

Dis`a*gree"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. désagréable.] 1. Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.