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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject. He calls the gods to witness their offense; Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence. Dryden. He disclaims the authority of Jesus. Farmer.

2. To deny, as a claim; to refuse. The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed. Milman.

3. To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office. Burrill.

Synonyms: disown; disavow; renounce; repudiate.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share. Blackstone. Disclaim in, Disclaim from, to disown; to disavow. [Obs.] "Nature disclaims in thee." Shak.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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