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ill-affected, a.|ˈɪləˈfɛktɪd|
[ill- 7 a.]
†1. Affected with illness or indisposition; diseased. Obs.
1604F. Herring Modest Defense A ij, As if a bleare-eyed man should not seeke remedy for his ill-affected eyes. 1615[see affected II. 3]. 1665Needham Medela Medic. 379 In Scorbutick and other ill-affected bodies. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Dimness, The ill-affected Colour of the Eye.
2. Not well disposed towards some person or thing; unfriendly, disaffected.
1596Spenser State Irel. Wks. (Globe) 647/2 When all his parishioners are soe..ill-affected unto him, as they usually be to all the English. 1654G. Goddard in Burton's Diary (1828) I. Introd. 192 To prevent the election of delinquents and ill-affected persons. 1884Manch. Exam. 16 Oct. 5/2 Somewhat better affected, or perhaps a trifle less ill-affected.
†3. Not viewed with favour; disliked. Obs.
1627E. F. Hist. Edw. II in Select. fr. Harl. Misc. (1793) 33 This makes the ill-affected return of this our favourite, more infamous and hated.
Hence ill-aˈffectedness, ill-affected condition.
1648Herrick Hesper., Prognostick (1869) 262 Nought but a kingdoms ill-affectednesse. |