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disheired

disheired is the simple past and past participle of disheir.

Meaning of disheir

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

Questions about disheired

What is disheired the simple past and past participle of?
Disheired is the simple past and past participle of disheir.

Words near disheired in the dictionary

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

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