Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disown"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disown \Dis*own"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disowned}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Disowning}.]
1. To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's
self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self
personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an
author will sometimes disown his writings.
2. To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.
Then they, who brother's better claim disown, Expel
their parents, and usurp the throne. --Dryden.
Syn: To disavow; disclaim; deny; abnegate; renounce;
disallow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disown
v : prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
[syn: {disinherit}] [ant: {bequeath}]
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