Meaning

1 senses
  1. To exclude from inheritance; to disown.

    Excuses for disinheriting people, that we swear we're not making up

    enterben

    лиши́ть насле́дстваlišítʹ naslédstva

    позбавити спадщиниpozbavyty spadščyny

More definitions
  • prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Tom's parents disinherited him.

  2. Tom disinherited his son.

    ruТом лишил сына наследства. — marafon

  3. Tom was disinherited by his parents.

  4. Tom was disinherited by his father.

  5. My father is threatening to disinherit me.

    ruОтец угрожает лишить меня наследства. — marafon

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to exclude from inheritance:
Русский
By meaning 1
to exclude from inheritance:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to exclude from inheritance:

Origin

From Middle English disenheriten, equivalent to dis- + inherit.

From Middle English disenheriten, equivalent to dis- + inherit.

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Forms

disinherits, disinheriting, disinherited, disinherited
Base formdisinherit · to disinherit
3rd person singulardisinherits
Present participledisinheriting
Past simpledisinherited
Past participledisinherited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydisinherit
he, she, itdisinherits

Past simpleLesson

all personsdisinherited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave disinherited
he, she, ithas disinherited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill disinherit

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting:disown

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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