disclaim
verb (used with object)
to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown.
had disclaimed
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past perfectof disclaim.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Then he swore through his teeth, and beckoned one of those whose acquaintance he had disclaimed.
From The Lion's Skin by Rafael Sabatini
He lay silent afterward, and though he had disclaimed any desire for sleep, worn by the march and pain as he was, his eyes presently closed.
From Vane of the Timberlands by Harold Bindloss
Slade, he now suspected, was one of Mr. Shei’s agents, and under the circumstances it was not surprising that he had disclaimed all knowledge of Helen.
From The Gray Phantom by Herman Landon
Even the eagerness with which the leader had disclaimed the hasty action of his followers might be interpreted as a renewed infringement of law.
From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge
When with humility I had disclaimed E'er having seen him, 'Now behold,' he said.
From Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 by John T. (John Theodore) Slattery
