† derelinquish, v. Obs.
(diːrɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ)
[f. relinquish, after L. dērelinquĕre: see derelict. Cf. OF. derelainquir in same sense (Godef.).]
trans. To relinquish utterly, forsake, abandon.
| a 1612 Donne βιαθανατος (1644) 106 That it were deadly sinne in him to de-relinquish the Church. 1679 J. Smith Narrat. Pop. Plot Ded. B, That you will not..both desert your Self, and de-relinquish the care of three Kingdoms. 1799 Kirwan Geol. Ess. 81 This vast continental depression, whose derelinquished space was occupied by water. |