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misaffect

misaffect verb: to dislike.

Verb

misaffect (third-person singular simple present misaffects, present participle misaffecting, simple past and past participle misaffected)

  1. (obsolete) To dislike.
  2. (obsolete) 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 […], Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.171

Forms of misaffect

third-person singular presentmisaffects
present participlemisaffecting
past participlemisaffected
pastmisaffected

Origin of misaffect

From mis- + affect.

Questions about misaffect

What does misaffect mean?
Misaffect means to dislike.
What part of speech is misaffect?
Misaffect is a verb.
What is the past tense of misaffect?
The past tense of misaffect is misaffected.

Words near misaffect in the dictionary

  1. misadvisedly
  2. misadvisedness
  3. misadvises
  4. misadvising
  5. Misael
  6. misaffect
  7. misaffected
  8. misaffecting
  9. misaffection
  10. misaffections
  11. misaffects

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