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disherited

disherited is the simple past and past participle of disherit.

Meaning of disherit

Verb

disherit (third-person singular simple present disherits, present participle disheriting, simple past and past participle disherited)

  1. (obsolete) 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

Questions about disherited

What is disherited the simple past and past participle of?
Disherited is the simple past and past participle of disherit.

Words near disherited in the dictionary

  1. disher scoops
  2. disherison
  3. disherit
  4. disheritance
  5. disheritances
  6. disherited
  7. disheriting
  8. disheritor
  9. disheritors
  10. disherits
  11. dishers

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