disinherit
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they disinherit | |
| he / she / it disinherits | |
| past simple disinherited | |
| past participle disinherited | |
| -ing form disinheriting |
- disinherit somebody
to prevent somebody, especially a member of your family, from receiving your money or property after your death 剥夺（某人）的继承权 Are you worried that your father might disinherit you if you go off the tracks again? 你担心如果你再次出轨，你父亲会剥夺你的继承权吗？ He threatened to disinherit his eldest son. 他威胁要剥夺长子的继承权。
Word Originlate Middle English (superseding earlier disherit): from dis- (expressing removal) + inherit in the obsolete sense ‘make someone an heir’.