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disallying

disallying is the present participle and gerund of disally.

Meaning of disally

Verb

disally (third-person singular simple present disallies, present participle disallying, simple past and past participle disallied)

  1. (archaic) To separate
    • chicken-pox and small-pox[…]disallying the two diseases. Yet since that day there have never been wanting those who have disputed the validity of the distinction1868, Sir John Russell Reynolds, A System of Medicine
  2. (archaic) to break off or cancel
    • Nor both ſo looſly diſally'd
      Thir nuptials,1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 63

Questions about disallying

What is disallying the present participle and gerund of?
Disallying is the present participle and gerund of disally.

Words near disallying in the dictionary

  1. disallowest
  2. disalloweth
  3. disallowing
  4. disallows
  5. disally
  6. disallying
  7. DiSalvo
  8. DiSalvos
  9. disamara
  10. disamarium
  11. disambiguate

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