The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disinherit \Dis`in*her"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinherited; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinheriting.] [Cf. Disherit, Disheir.]
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To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent.
Of how fair a portion Adam disinherited his whole posterity!
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To deprive of heritage; to dispossess.
And disinherit Chaos, that reigns here.
--Milton.
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vb. (present participle of disinherit English)
Usage examples of "disinheriting".
Three years after these events, his mother, who was on her death-bed, very sick, called for him and said, “When some time since the consultation was being held about disinheriting you, by some means or other your heart was turned, and since then you have been a dutiful son above all others.
There would be time later, when the old man had calmed down, to explain the difficulties of disinheriting Michael, not least of which was the fact that there was no one else to inherit.
Mary herself would have preferred disinheriting her sister to contemplating her as her successor, and would spend a great deal of time that autumn searching for precedents for it, but Philip insisted that she persuade Elizabeth to marry Savoy.
Mary's own enthusiasm for the match had, however, evaporated, for she knew that, once Elizabeth was married to the Duke, there would be no question of disinheriting her.
They could not recover it by legal posturings about Rinhoel's blood claim, even though Chiana had been but six years old when forced to sign a parchment disinheriting herself and all her issue.
He thought he'd curry favor by disinheriting his wife and children and making the Emir his heir.