† disheirv.
Obsolete. rare.
1. transitive. To deprive of or turn out of one's inheritance; to disinherit.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > cause to descend by succession [verb (transitive)] > disinherit
disheritc1290
disheritc1330
disheriss1489
disinherita1500
exheredate1552
to strike off with a shilling1597
disheir1607
disherison1654
to cut off with a shilling1834
to cut out1891
1492 Act. Dom. Conc. 262 (Jam.) In distitutioun and dishering of the said Gelis [perh. error for disherising].]
1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. i. sig. C Sword..Thou shalt dis-heire him, it shall be thine honor.
2. To deprive of an heir.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > descendant > descend [verb (transitive)] > deprive of descendant
disheir1687
1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 112 To hew th' imperial Cedar down, Defraud Succession, and dis-heir the Crown.
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