abneigen

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German

Etymology

ab- +‎ neigen

Verb

abneigen (weak, third-person singular present neigt ab, past tense neigte ab, past participle abgeneigt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (literally) to turn away, to tilt away
  2. (figuratively, reflexive) to disincline, to make opposed, reluctant, disinterested
    • 1882, Karl Christian F. Krause, Vorlesungen über Aesthetik, herausg. von P. Hohlfeld und A. Wünsche, O. Schulze, →OCLC, page 108:
      Der gewöhnliche, noch ungebildete Mensch folgt freilich meist seinen sinnlichen Trieben, die sich auf seine sinnlichen Bedürfnisse beziehen, also neigt er sich hin zu sinnlicher Lust und neigt sich ab von sinnlichem Schmerz.
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