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disclame

/dɪsˈkleɪm/

disclame is the obsolete spelling of disclaim.

Meaning of disclaim

Verb

disclaim (third-person singular simple present disclaims, present participle disclaiming, simple past and past participle disclaimed)

  1. (transitive) To completely renounce claims to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for
    • He calls the Gods to witness their offence, / Disclaims the War, asserts his Innocence.1697, Virgil, “The Seventh Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 424, lines...
    Synonyms:
    disown, disavow, reject
  2. (transitive) To deny (e.g. claim); to refuse.
    • The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed.1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity
  3. (intransitive, transitive) (law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.
  4. (intransitive, transitive) To make a caveat or admission.
    • I disclaim that there will be a lot of inside humor. If you don't read a.r.s often, or are a newbie, you won't get some of the gags.2000 December 4, Michael Reuss, “Clambytes 2000 ”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet)

Forms of disclame

third-person singular presentdisclames
present participledisclaming
past participledisclamed
pastdisclamed

Questions about disclame

What is disclame the obsolete spelling of?
Disclame is the obsolete spelling of disclaim.
How do you pronounce disclame?
Disclame is pronounced /dɪsˈkleɪm/.

Words near disclame in the dictionary

  1. disclaiming
  2. disclaims
  3. disclamation
  4. disclamations
  5. disclamatory
  6. disclame
  7. disclamed
  8. disclames
  9. disclaming
  10. disclarity
  11. disclassified

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disclame (page history and authors); disclaim (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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