Sentence:  ‘Much as we may <WSD>mislike</WSD> her talk of the late cardinal appearing to her, and devils in her bedchamber, she speaks in this way because she has been taught to ape the claims of certain nuns who went before her ....' 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To dislike; to disapprove of; to have aversion to. (from 13th c.)