disinherits
Meaning of disinherits
verb, 3rd person present
- change one's will or take other steps to prevent (someone) from inheriting one's property.
the Duke is seeking to disinherit his eldest son
late Middle English (superseding earlier disherit ): from dis- (expressing removal) + inherit in the obsolete sense ‘make someone an heir’.
Information about disinherits
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of disinherits is: disinherit.
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Hyphenation of disinherits
dis-in-her-its
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- disinherits is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
disinherits synonyms
Meaning deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions:
Meaning make (a person or area) poor:
Meaning refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with:
Meaning refuse to accept; reject:
Meaning reject or abandon (a cause, bad habit, or way of life):
Meaning dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty:
Meaning drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place:
Words that rhyme with disinherits
rits, Brits, brits, cabrits, crits, hematocrits, demerits, disherits, gerits, inherits, merits, preterits, Frits, afrits, frits, Grits, grits, Spirits, dispirits, inspirits, reinspirits, spirits, amrits, bowsprits, culprits, esprits, sprits, territs, tirrits, worrits, attrits, Maurits, writs
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