indispose

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Your Majesty will see the necessity of at the same time not appearing to take too much the part of France, which might irritate and indispose.

From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 by Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, Viscount

"Yass'm," persisted the waiter, "he dah now, in bed; slightly indispose'."

From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington

The cause in which this document was written will indispose the candid reader to any criticism of its somewhat exuberant language.

From White Slavery in the Barbary States by Sumner, Charles

We indispose the French government, and they will retract their offer of the treaty of commerce.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

Its tendency was to produce in the minds of Gypsies, disaffection to the state, and to indispose others from aiding in the execution of the edict. 

From A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of the Gypsies by Hoyland, John