disherit

[ dis-her-it ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to disinherit.

Origin of disherit

1
1250–1300; Middle English deseriten<Anglo-French, Old French deseriter, equivalent to des-dis-1 + heriter to inherit

Other words from disherit

  • dis·her·i·tor, noun

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