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disbench

disbench verb: to drive from a bench or seat.

Verb

disbench (third-person singular simple present disbenches, present participle disbenching, simple past and past participle disbenched)

  1. (transitive) To drive from a bench or seat.
    • My words disbenched you not.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. (UK, transitive) To deprive (a bencher) of his privileges.
    • The benchers also have the power to disbench and disbar for misconduct.1991, John H. Baker, The Inner Temple: A Brief Historical Description

Forms of disbench

third-person singular presentdisbenches
present participledisbenching
past participledisbenched
pastdisbenched

Origin of disbench

From dis- + bench.

Words formed from disbench

Questions about disbench

What does disbench mean?
Disbench means to drive from a bench or seat.
What part of speech is disbench?
Disbench is a verb.
What is the past tense of disbench?
The past tense of disbench is disbenched.

Words near disbench in the dictionary

  1. disbeliever
  2. disbelievers
  3. disbelieves
  4. disbelieving
  5. disbelievingly
  6. disbench
  7. disbenched
  8. disbenches
  9. disbenching
  10. disbenchment
  11. disbend

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