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disgavel

disgavel verb: to deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant.

Verb

disgavel (third-person singular simple present disgavels, present participle (US) disgaveling or (UK) disgavelling, simple past and past participle (US) disgaveled or (UK) disgavelled)

  1. (UK, transitive) To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant

Forms of disgavel

third-person singular presentdisgavels
present participle USdisgaveling
present participle UKdisgavelling
past participle USdisgaveled
past USdisgaveled
past participle UKdisgavelled
past UKdisgavelled

Origin of disgavel

See dis- and gavelkind.

Questions about disgavel

What does disgavel mean?
Disgavel means to deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant.
What part of speech is disgavel?
Disgavel is a verb.
What is the past tense of disgavel?
The past tense of disgavel is disgaveled.

Words near disgavel in the dictionary

  1. disgarnishing
  2. disgarrison
  3. disgarrisoned
  4. disgarrisoning
  5. disgarrisons
  6. disgavel
  7. disgavelled
  8. disgavelling
  9. disgavels
  10. disgenic
  11. disgerminoma

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