disheriting
disheriting is the present participle and gerund of disherit.
Meaning of disherit
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
Questions about disheriting
- What is disheriting the present participle and gerund of?
- Disheriting is the present participle and gerund of disherit.
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