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disheiring

disheiring is the present participle and gerund 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 disheiring

What is disheiring the present participle and gerund of?
Disheiring is the present participle and gerund of disheir.

Words near disheiring in the dictionary

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

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