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disbench en · VERB

Etymology

From dis- + bench.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To drive from a bench or seat.
   • My words disbenched you not. c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
2. (UK, transitive) To deprive (a bencher) of his privileges.
   • The benchers also have the power to disbench and disbar for misconduct. 1991, John H. Baker, The Inner Temple: A Brief Historical Description:

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Deriveds

disbenchment