disheritance en · NOUN
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English disheritaunce, from Anglo-Norman desheritaunce, disheritaunce; equivalent to disherit + -ance.
Meanings
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(obsolete, uncountable, usually) Synonym of disinheritance.
Who having chid me almost to the Ruin, / Of a Disheritance
1626 February 1 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), John Fletcher [et al.], “The Faire Maide of the Inne”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disheritances | Number=Plur | lexicographic |