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DISINHERIT
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they disinherit ... he / she / it disinherits
Past simple: disinherited
Past participle: disinherited
-ing form: disinheriting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
Synonyms:
disinherit; disown
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "disinherit" is one way to...):
deprive (keep from having, keeping, or obtaining)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Antonym:
bequeath (leave or give by will after one's death)
Derivation:
disinheritance (the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit)
