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Antonyms for disinherit


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dis-in-her-it
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪs ɪnˈhɛr ɪt



Definition of disinherit

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from dis- "not" + inherit. Related: Disinherited; disinheriting. Replaced earlier desherit (c.1300), from Old French desheriter.
  • verb cut off in will of bequeathal
Example sentences :
  • And now you come and say: 'Engage yourself to him—and I'll disinherit him at once.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • A father had taken offence at his son, and threatened to disinherit him.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • And as for the money and all that, if you disinherit her, or—or whatever it is they do—we don't care.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • "Your lordship had threatened to disinherit me if I married her," said Rotherby.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • I'd ha' married the girl in earnest, but for your threats to disinherit me.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • How shall it matter to you, since he's sworn to disinherit you?
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Be proud of him, then, even if you disinherit him to-morrow.
  • Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. » by Charles James Lever
  • You say, 'let us be cautious, lest we disinherit ourselves by seeking the inheritance under the wrong covenant.'
  • Extract from : « The Seventh Day Sabbath, a Perpetual Sign, from the Beginning to the Entering into the Gates of the Holy City, According to the Commandment » by Joseph Bates
  • His father might disinherit him, America might sink, but she must smile again.
  • Extract from : « Lost » by Edward Bellamy
  • She did not assist to depose him till he had conspired to disinherit her.
  • Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Synonyms for disinherit

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