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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)

  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 disheriting

What is disheriting the present participle and gerund of?
Disheriting is the present participle and gerund of disherit.

Words near disheriting in the dictionary

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

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