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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Disinherit

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Disinherit

DISINHERIT, verb transitive [dis and inherit.] To cut off from hereditary right; to deprive of an inheritance; to prevent as an heir from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent. A father sometimes disinherits his children by will. In England, the crown is descendible to the eldest son, who cannot be disinherited by the will of his father.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Disinherited

DISINHERITED, participle passive Cut off from an inheritance.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Disinheriting

DISINHERITING, participle present tense Depriving of an hereditary estate or right.