disentitle, v.
(dɪsɪnˈtaɪt(ə)l)
Also 7 disin-.
[f. dis- 6 + entitle.]
trans. To deprive of title or right (to something): the reverse of to entitle.
| 1654 Jer. Taylor Real Pres. 131 All that eat are not made Christ's body, and all that eat not are not disintitled to the resurrection. a 1716 South Serm. VIII. v. (R.) Every ordinary offence does not disentitle a son to the love of his father. 1856 Froude Hist. Eng. I. 99 He..would have pleaded the sacred right of inheritance, refusing utterly the imaginary law which disentitled him. |