disinherit
verb (used with object)
to exclude from inheritance (an heir or a next of kin).
have disinherited
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present perfectof disinherit.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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There are so many comments from parents who proudly proclaim they have disinherited their estranged child.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
And pray, Sir Harry, when you see him next, tell him this news from me, that I have disinherited him—that I will leave him as poor as a disbanded quarter-master.—Oh,
From The Constant Couple or, A Trip to the Jubilee by George Farquhar
Any one of these partners would have disinherited his son on the question of rebuilding Tellson’s.
From Dickens As an Educator by James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
And you are wounded for me, and now I have disinherited you.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 by Various
He gave me his blessing, and left his curse for his unworthy son, whom he would have disinherited had he possessed anything in the world save his honourable name.
From Too Rich A Romance by Adolph Streckfuss
