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DISOWN

\dɪsˈə͡ʊn], \dɪsˈə‍ʊn], \d_ɪ_s_ˈəʊ_n]\

Definitions of DISOWN

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To deny; reject; refuse to claim as one's own; as, to disown one's country.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self: to deny: to renounce.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To refuse to own or acknowledge.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To refuse to acknowledge or to admit; deny; reject.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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