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disherit

[ dis-her-it ]
/ dɪsˈhɛr ɪt /
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verb (used with object)
to disinherit.
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Origin of disherit

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

Words nearby disherit

disheartened, disheartening, dished, dishelm, disherison, disherit, dishevel, disheveled, dishevelled, dishful, dish gravy
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Words related to disherit

bequest, confer, devise, disinherit, leave, legate, probate, transfer, cut off, pass on

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