† disˈcovenant, v. Obs.
[f. dis- 6 + covenant v. 1, or dis- 7 a + covenant n.]
trans. To dissolve covenant with; to exclude from a covenant. Hence disˈcovenanted ppl. a.
| 1650 Trapp Comm. Pentat. ii. 101 God will own them no longer; they are now dis-covenanted. 1667 J. Flavel Saint Indeed (1754) 34 If he had..discovenanted my soul, I had reason to be cast down. 1702 C. Mather Magn. Chr. v. App. (1852) 292 They were once in covenant and never since discovenanted. 1861 Lytton & Fane Tannhäuser 97 No more..rebuild The rainbow of discovenanted Hope. |