"disinherit" meaning in English

See disinherit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˌdɪsɪnˈhɛɹɪt/ Forms: disinherits [present, singular, third-person], disinheriting [participle, present], disinherited [participle, past], disinherited [past]
Rhymes: -ɛɹɪt Etymology: From Middle English; see dis- + inherit. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{pre|en|dis|inherit}} dis- + inherit Head templates: {{en-verb}} disinherit (third-person singular simple present disinherits, present participle disinheriting, simple past and past participle disinherited)
  1. (transitive) To exclude from inheritance; to disown. Tags: transitive Related terms: disinheritable, disinheritance Translations (to exclude from inheritance): حَرَمَ مِنَ ٱلْوَرَاثَة (ḥarama mina l-warāṯa) (Arabic), ժառանգությունից զրկել (žaṙangutʻyunicʻ zrkel) (Armenian), лишавам от наследство (lišavam ot nasledstvo) (Bulgarian), vydědit [perfective] (Czech), onterven (Dutch), senheredigi (Esperanto), tehdä perinnöttömäksi (Finnish), jättää perinnöttä (Finnish), déshériter (French), enterben (German), αποκληρώνω (apokliróno) (Greek), diseredare (Italian), exhērēdō (Latin), whakahoe (Maori), wydziedziczać [imperfective] (Polish), wydziedziczyć [perfective] (Polish), лиши́ть насле́дства (lišítʹ naslédstva) (Russian), vydediť [perfective] (Slovak), desheredar (Spanish), ตัดมิให้รับมรดก (dtàt-mí-hâi-ráp-mɔɔ-rá-dòk) (Thai), mirastan mahrum bırakmak (Turkish), позбавити спадщини (pozbavyty spadščyny) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
          "word": "enterben"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apokliróno",
          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "dtàt-mí-hâi-ráp-mɔɔ-rá-dòk",
          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
          "word": "ตัดมิให้รับมรดก"
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          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
          "word": "mirastan mahrum bırakmak"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pozbavyty spadščyny",
          "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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      "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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      "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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      "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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      "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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      "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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      "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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      "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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      "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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      "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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      "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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      "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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      "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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      "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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      "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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      "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pozbavyty spadščyny",
      "sense": "to exclude from inheritance",
      "word": "позбавити спадщини"
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