disherit
disherit verb: to disinherit.
Verb
disherit (third-person singular simple present disherits, present participle disheriting, simple past and past participle disherited)
- To disinherit.
- So there were in the countrey two knyȝtes that were bretheren
and they were called two peryllous knyghtes
the one knyghte hyght syre Edward of the reed castel
the other syr Hue of the reed castel
And these two bretheren had disheryted the lady of the roche of a Baronry of landes by their extorsion1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxvij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book IV
- So there were in the countrey two knyȝtes that were bretheren
Forms of disherit
| third-person singular present | disherits |
|---|---|
| present participle | disheriting |
| past participle | disherited |
| past | disherited |
Origin of disherit
From Middle English disheriten, desheriten et al., from Old French desheriter, from Vulgar Latin *dishērētō, from Latin dis- + hērēditō.
Words formed from disherit
Questions about disherit
- What does disherit mean?
- Disherit means to disinherit.
- What part of speech is disherit?
- Disherit is a verb.
- What is the past tense of disherit?
- The past tense of disherit is disherited.
Words near disherit in the dictionary
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