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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 dis·af·fect /ˌdɪsəˈfɛkt/
 (vt.)使疏遠,使成為敵人,使不滿意

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dis·af·fect v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disaffected; p. pr. & vb. n. Disaffecting.]
 1. To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness.
    They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his majesty's late army.   --Clarendon.
 2. To disturb the functions of; to disorder.
    It disaffects the bowels.   --Hammond.
 3. To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed toward; to dislike. [Obs.]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 disaffect
      v : arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly
          been love, affection, or friendliness [syn: estrange, alienate,
           alien]