Synonyms for disinherit

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dis-in-her-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪs ɪnˈhɛr ɪt

Top 10 synonyms for disinherit

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Définition 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

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