Past tense of disavow
regular verb
The past tense of disavow is disavowed. The past participle is also disavowed.
Forms of disavow
| Base form (V1) | disavow /dɪsəˈvaʊ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | disavowed /dɪsəˈvaʊd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | disavowed /dɪsəˈvaʊd/ |
| Present participle | disavowing |
| Third person singular | disavows |
Disavowed in a sentence
- Trump disavowed the alt-righters once the excesses of Mr.2016 December 2, Christopher Caldwell, “What the Alt-Right Really Means”, in The New York Times. From the entry alt-righter
- The argument foregrounds a disavowed register of European nationalisms: the moral majority’s ludophilia toward “lazy” and “unproductive” Gypsies.2009, Anikó Imre, Identity Games: Globalization and the Transformation of Media Cultures in the New Europe, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 18. From the entry ludophilia
- With the appearance of hauntological history, everything long silenced, repressed, excluded, disavowed, negated by history, is blasted to the surface of events.2014, Arthur Kroker, Exits to the Posthuman Future, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN. From the entry hauntological
Meaning of disavow
- verb To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.
- verb To deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind.
Questions about the past tense of disavow
- What is the past tense of disavow?
- The past tense of disavow is disavowed.
- What is the past participle of disavow?
- The past participle of disavow is disavowed.
- Is disavow a regular or irregular verb?
- Disavow is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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