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disheir

/dɪˈsɛə(ɹ)/

disheir verb: to disinherit.

Verb

disheir (third-person singular simple present disheirs, present participle disheiring, simple past and past participle disheired)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To disinherit.
    • dis-heir the crown1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC

Forms of disheir

third-person singular presentdisheirs
present participledisheiring
past participledisheired
pastdisheired

Origin of disheir

From dis- + heir.

Questions about disheir

What does disheir mean?
Disheir means to disinherit.
What part of speech is disheir?
Disheir is a verb.
How do you pronounce disheir?
Disheir is pronounced /dɪˈsɛə(ɹ)/.
What is the past tense of disheir?
The past tense of disheir is disheired.

Words near disheir in the dictionary

  1. dished
  2. dished off
  3. dished out
  4. dished the dirt
  5. dished up
  6. disheir
  7. disheired
  8. disheiring
  9. disheirs
  10. Dishel
  11. dishelm

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