† disˈheir, v. Obs. rare.
[f. dis- 7 b + heir.]
1. trans. To deprive of or turn out of one's inheritance; to disinherit.
| [1492 Act. Dom. Conc. 262 (Jam.) In distitutioun and dishering of the said Gelis [perh. error for disherising].] 1607 Tourneur Rev. Trag. i. iii, Sword..Thou shalt dis-heire him; it shall be thine honor. |
2. To deprive of an heir.
| 1687 Dryden Hind & P. iii. 705 To hew th' imperial Cedar down, Defraud Succession, and dis-heir the Crown. |