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disinherit

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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dis·in·her·it /ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪt/ verb [transitive]  SCLGETto take away from someone, especially your son or daughter, their legal right to receive your money or property after your death 剥夺〔尤指子女〕的继承权 inherit, will
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Examples from the Corpus
disinheritFor this deed he was disinherited.When their daughter, another Maria, joined the Salvation Army she was disinherited.In order to marry football hero Tom Harper, Kate endures being disinherited and estranged from her family.But the racially excluded, the economically disinherited, and the psychologically wounded certainly do.The poor, as Catholic conservatives were later to point out, were disinherited by liberal legislation.First, she adopted a young woman, Chandi Heffner, only to disinherit her.There is rumour abroad that King Henry disinherited Matilda on his death-bed.Louis the Pious decided to disinherit Pippin's sons, though the older, also called Pippin, was by now fifteen.
dis·in·her·it verbChineseSyllable
especially away Corpus son or daughter, take your from someone, to


disinherit
disinherit /ˌdɪsənˈherət, ˌdɪsɪnˈherət/ verb [transitive]
to take away from someone, especially your son or daughter, their legal right to receive your money or property after your death ⇨ inherit, will


dis·in·heritBrE /ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they disinherit BrE /ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it disinherits BrE /ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪts/ 🔊past simple disinherited BrE /ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle disinherited BrE /ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form disinheriting BrE /ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb to prevent sb, especially your son or daughter, from receiving your money or property after your death 剥夺(某人)的继承权   compare inherit (1)