misaffect

verb — 2 senses

misaffect

verb

Etymology From mis- + affect.

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

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