disinheriting
present participle ofdisinherit
disinherit
verb[T]
uk/ˌdɪs.ɪnˈher.ɪt/us/ˌdɪs.ɪnˈher.ɪt/topreventsomeone,especiallyasonordaughterwho has made youangry, fromreceivingany ofyourpropertyafteryourdeath:
Herfathersaid he'd disinherit her if shemarriedStephen.
Compare
disown
Inheriting & bequeathing
- advance directive
- assign
- beneficiary
- bequeath
- bequest
- cadger
- executor
- heir
- heir apparent
- heiress
- heirless
- inheritance
- legacy
- pond life
- pond scum
- primogeniture
- probate
- residuary
- settle
- transfer
Examplesofdisinheriting
disinheriting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
But again the answer lies in easing these constraints by infrastructural support to women farmers, rather than indisinheritingthem.
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The success of a minority of men has been possible only throughdisinheritingyounger men and by employing women as an unremunerated agricultural workforce.
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Rising dowries became considerable portions of family wealth, to the extent that endowing daughters often equated todisinheritingsons (another evidence of families not being entirely male-oriented).
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This was also a ratherdisinheritingsection.
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They inflict the minimum of hardship, cause the minimum of upheaval, and are very easy to collect, and there can be no theoretical injustice indisinheritingthe unborn.
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The possibility ofdisinheritingthe crown prince was mentioned.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The possibility ofdisinheritingthe crown prince was mentioned in the letter.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Similar provisions prevented a decedent with living parents fromdisinheritingthem.
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