Crossword clues for disclaimed
disclaimed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disclaim \Dis*claim"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disclaimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disclaiming.]
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To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.
He calls the gods to witness their offense; Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence.
--Dryden.He disclaims the authority of Jesus.
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To deny, as a claim; to refuse.
The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed.
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(Law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.
--Burrill.Syn: To disown; disavow; renounce; repudiate.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: disclaim)
Usage examples of "disclaimed".
The Carmathians were ripe for rebellion, since they disclaimed the title of the house of Abbas, and abhorred the worldly pomp of the caliphs of Bagdad.
In his last visit to Rome, he piously disclaimed and insulted the superstition of his ancestors, by refusing to lead the military procession of the equestrian order, and to offer the public vows to the Jupiter of the Capitoline Hill.
The inflexible spirit of the Roman senate had always disclaimed the unequal conditions which were extorted from the distress of their captive armies.
Intimidated by the arms, or allured by the promises, of Vouti and his successors, the most considerable tribes, both of the East and of the West, disclaimed the authority of the Tanjou.
Four dependent nations, among whom we may distinguish the Barbarians, disclaimed the sovereignty of the Huns.
The emperor, who, amidst the ruins of the Roman world, revived the ancient language of law and liberty, which Trajan would not have disclaimed, must have derived those generous sentiments from his own heart.
The army of Ricimer was fortified by a numerous reenforcement of Burgundians and Oriental Suevi: he disclaimed all allegiance to the Greek emperor, marched from Milan to the Gates of Rome, and fixing his camp on the banks of the Anio, impatiently expected the arrival of Olybrius, his Imperial candidate.
But their retreat was intercepted, and their communication was impracticable: they were abandoned by the Greek princes of Constantinople, and they piously disclaimed all connection with the Arian usurpers of Gaul.
The government of Sardinia had been intrusted to Godas, a valiant Barbarian he suspended the payment of tribute, disclaimed his allegiance to the usurper, and gave audience to the emissaries of Justinian, who found him master of that fruitful island, at the head of his guards, and proudly invested with the ensigns of royalty.
The national dignity was resented by their countrymen, who disclaimed the servile laws of the empire, and asserted the free privilege of Scythia, where a small fine was allowed to expiate the hasty sallies of intemperance and anger.
While the troops of the provinces disclaimed the commands of their superiors, a conspiracy was formed at Carthage against the life of Solomon, who filled with honor the place of Belisarius.
Like the contemporary philosophers, the lawyers of the age of the Antonines disclaimed the authority of a master, and adopted from every system the most probable doctrines.
At Chalcedon, the Orientals disclaimed these exclamations: but the Egyptians more consistently declared.
Conscious of his reason and of his weakness, he asserted the liberty of conscience, and disclaimed the use of religious violence: ^114 but he called the Arabs to repentance, and conjured them to remember the ancient idolaters of Ad and Thamud, whom the divine justice had swept away from the face of the earth.
But as soon as the empire was again united by the arms and policy of Abdalmalek, he disclaimed a badge of servitude not less injurious to his conscience than to his pride.