Found 2 hits - Term: disinherit, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
disinherit \dis`inher"it\, v. t. imp. p. p. disinherited;
p. pr. vb. n. disinheriting. cf. disherit,
disheir.
1. to cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary
succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into
possession of any property or right, which, by law or
custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent.
1913 webster
of how fair a portion adam disinherited his whole
posterity --south.
1913 webster
2. to deprive of heritage; to dispossess.
1913 webster
and disinherit chaos, that reigns here. --milton.
1913 webster
see also:
disinherited disinheriting disherit disheir
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
disinherit
v : prevent deliberately as by making a will from inheriting
syn: disown ant: bequeath
see also:
disown bequeath
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