disavowv.

Brit.

/ˌdɪsəˈvaʊ/, U.S.

/ˌdɪsəˈvaʊ/

Forms: Middle English desauowe, Middle English disavoe, Middle English dysavowe, Middle English–1600s disavowe, 1500s dysauowe, 1500s–1600s disauow, 1500s–1600s disauowe, 1500s– disavow, 1600s desavow, 1600s disaduow, 1600s dissauow, 1600s dissavow.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French desavouer.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman desavower, disavouer, disavower, Anglo-Norman and Middle French desavoer, desavouer, Middle French desadvouer (French désavouer ) to disown, repudiate (a person or thing) (12th cent. in Old French), (in legal use) to declare (something) invalid (end of the 13th cent. or earlier), to repudiate, recall (something) (early 14th cent. or earlier), to deny (God) (second half of the 14th cent. or earlier) < des- dis- prefix + avouer avow v.¹Compare post-classical Latin disavouare, disadvocare, disavocare (from 13th cent. in British sources).

1. transitive. To refuse to own, acknowledge, or be associated with; to disclaim knowledge of, responsibility for, or approbation of; to disown, repudiate.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > reject

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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > abandon, renounce, or refuse to acknowledge

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to throw (also cast, fling, etc.) overboard1588

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to swear off1839

to throw down1895

to go into the discard1898

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c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. l. 322 Boþe kyng and kayser and þe coroned pope May desauowe [a1400 Corpus Cambr. disalowe] þat þey dude.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) v. 134 Our fader hath dysavowed vs for the love of hym.

1577 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. Ephesians xv. f. 107 He must needes disauow vs for any of his, and cast vs quyte away.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. v. sig. Dd4 Weary..Of warres delight..The name of knighthood he did disauow .

1656 B. Harris in tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age Contin. 276 One of his Masters drew profit from it, and the other disavowed it.

1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 20 Dec. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1278 Comte Pertingue,..far from disavowing, confirms all that Mr. Harte has said.

1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 212 The Emperor disavowed the concessions which had been made by his governors.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 327 Melfort never disavowed these papers.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vi. §6. 328 The plan was simply that the King should disavow the Papal jurisdiction.

1952 Amer. Hist. Rev. 57 871 He never disavowed the principles of 1789, his regicidal vote, or the necessity of the so-called ‘Reign of Terror’.

1983 Washington Post 8 Mar. a10 A commando team..are charged with possessing illegal radio gear in their search for missing American POWs. The United States has disavowed their actions.

2012 New Yorker 26 Nov. 56/2 This movement is sometimes called the emerging or emergent church, but many pastors..disavow the term.

†2. transitive. To refuse to admit or acknowledge as true or valid; to deny. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > deny or contradict [verb (transitive)]

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?1532 Ordynaunces Emperour f. xxi^v On payne that they that forsake god, dysauowe god, or dyspyte hym..: to be enprysoned the space of a hole moneth.

1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Disclamation Disclamare is to disclaime, disavow or deny, as to deny an vther to be his superiour; as quhen the superiour affirmis the landes to be halden of him, and the vassall denies the samin.

1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 86 One disauowes him begotten of God; another borne of Mary.

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 387 Complaining I had sold her a broken stone, which I disavowed.

1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) The rigid Lutherans who disavowed the episcopal jurisdiction.

1795 R. Jephson Let. 9 Oct. in Hist. MSS Comm.: 13th Rep.: App. Pt. VIII: MSS & Corr. Earl of Charlemont (1894) II. 265 in Parl. Papers (C. 7424) XLVI. 1 It is impossible..to disavow the absolute necessity of giving a considerable degree of support to the Protestant party.

1827 Lancet 26 Apr. 121/1 I do not feel myself called upon either to avow or disavow that I am the writer of the report.

†3. transitive. To refuse to accept or consider; to decline. Also with infinitive as object. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > decline to receive or accept

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1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xiii. 732 But the inhabitauntes of Faenza disauowing al mutinies, the armie passed further.

1629 G. Chapman tr. Juvenal Fifth Satyre in Iustification Nero 18 An Oyle, for whose strength Romans disauow To Bathe with Boccharis.

1640 T. Fuller Joseph's Coat 127 They..disavow to have any further dealing with worldly contentments.

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 364 The Mexicans disavow all peace with their neighbouring enemies..that they may be stored with prisoners of war for sacrifice.

1731 W. Arnall Case of Opposition Stated 17 Ambitious Men..were pleased from henceforth to call it a national Cause, and disavowed all Regard to less important Concernments.

Derivatives

disaˈvowable adj. [compare Anglo-Norman desavouable that may not be avowed, unlawful (13th cent.)] that may or should be disavowed; liable to be disavowed.

ΚΠ

1632 T. E. Lawes Womens Rights iv. 232 Maidens and wiues vowes made vpon their soules to the Lord himselfe of heauen and earth, were all disauowable and infringible, by their parents or husbands.

a1686 J. Turner Mem. (1829) 20 A thing inhumane and disavouable.

1889 Sat. Rev. 28 Sept. 345/2 The disavowable, but not yet disavowed, agents of Russia.

1966 San Antonio (Texas) Light 20 Feb. 13 a/1 The so-called ‘war of liberation’ as a cheap, safe and disavowable technique for the future expansion of militant communism.

2013 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 5 May (Features section) 3 How can the desire for equal rights irrespective of gender be disavowable?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	disavow
释义	disavowv. Brit. /ˌdɪsəˈvaʊ/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈvaʊ/ Forms: Middle English desauowe, Middle English disavoe, Middle English dysavowe, Middle English–1600s disavowe, 1500s dysauowe, 1500s–1600s disauow, 1500s–1600s disauowe, 1500s– disavow, 1600s desavow, 1600s disaduow, 1600s dissauow, 1600s dissavow. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French desavouer. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman desavower, disavouer, disavower, Anglo-Norman and Middle French desavoer, desavouer, Middle French desadvouer (French désavouer ) to disown, repudiate (a person or thing) (12th cent. in Old French), (in legal use) to declare (something) invalid (end of the 13th cent. or earlier), to repudiate, recall (something) (early 14th cent. or earlier), to deny (God) (second half of the 14th cent. or earlier) < des- dis- prefix + avouer avow v.¹Compare post-classical Latin disavouare, disadvocare, disavocare (from 13th cent. in British sources). 1. transitive. To refuse to own, acknowledge, or be associated with; to disclaim knowledge of, responsibility for, or approbation of; to disown, repudiate. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > reject awarpc1000 forwerpeOE warpc1000 nillOE warnc1300 reprovec1350 to put abacka1382 to throw awaya1382 repugnc1384 to put awaya1387 waivec1386 forshoota1400 disavowc1400 defyc1405 disprovec1430 repelc1443 flemea1450 to put backa1500 reject?1504 refutea1513 repulse1533 refel1548 repudiate1548 disallowa1555 project?1567 expel1575 discard1578 overrule1578 forsay1579 check1601 decard1605 dismiss1608 reprobate1609 devow1610 retorta1616 disclaimc1626 noforsootha1644 respuate1657 reluctate1668 negative1778 no-ball1862 basket1867 to set one's foot down1873 not to have any (of it, that, this)1895 to put down1944 eighty-six1959 neg1987 the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > abandon, renounce, or refuse to acknowledge shrivec1374 disavowc1400 reject1426 renouncec1450 disvow1502 disavouch1583 disclaim1585 to throw (also cast, fling, etc.) overboard1588 disacknowledge1598 forjure1601 disknow1606 disvoucha1616 to swear off1839 to throw down1895 to go into the discard1898 ditch1921 cancel1990 c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. l. 322 Boþe kyng and kayser and þe coroned pope May desauowe [a1400 Corpus Cambr. disalowe] þat þey dude. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) v. 134 Our fader hath dysavowed vs for the love of hym. 1577 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. Ephesians xv. f. 107 He must needes disauow vs for any of his, and cast vs quyte away. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. v. sig. Dd4 Weary..Of warres delight..The name of knighthood he did disauow . View more context for this quotation 1656 B. Harris in tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age Contin. 276 One of his Masters drew profit from it, and the other disavowed it. 1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 20 Dec. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1278 Comte Pertingue,..far from disavowing, confirms all that Mr. Harte has said. 1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 212 The Emperor disavowed the concessions which had been made by his governors. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 327 Melfort never disavowed these papers. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vi. §6. 328 The plan was simply that the King should disavow the Papal jurisdiction. 1952 Amer. Hist. Rev. 57 871 He never disavowed the principles of 1789, his regicidal vote, or the necessity of the so-called ‘Reign of Terror’. 1983 Washington Post 8 Mar. a10 A commando team..are charged with possessing illegal radio gear in their search for missing American POWs. The United States has disavowed their actions. 2012 New Yorker 26 Nov. 56/2 This movement is sometimes called the emerging or emergent church, but many pastors..disavow the term. †2. transitive. To refuse to admit or acknowledge as true or valid; to deny. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > deny or contradict [verb (transitive)] withquethec888 withsake971 falsea1225 withsay?c1225 denyc1300 again-saya1382 naitc1390 nitec1390 naya1400 nicka1400 warna1400 denytec1420 traversea1450 repugnc1456 unsayc1460 renay1512 disavow?1532 disaffirm1548 contradict1582 fault1585 belie1587 infringe1590 dementie1594 abnegate1616 negate1623 nege1624 abrenounce1656 nay-saya1774 negative1784 dement1884 ?1532 Ordynaunces Emperour f. xxi^v On payne that they that forsake god, dysauowe god, or dyspyte hym..: to be enprysoned the space of a hole moneth. 1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Disclamation Disclamare is to disclaime, disavow or deny, as to deny an vther to be his superiour; as quhen the superiour affirmis the landes to be halden of him, and the vassall denies the samin. 1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 86 One disauowes him begotten of God; another borne of Mary. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 387 Complaining I had sold her a broken stone, which I disavowed. 1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) The rigid Lutherans who disavowed the episcopal jurisdiction. 1795 R. Jephson Let. 9 Oct. in Hist. MSS Comm.: 13th Rep.: App. Pt. VIII: MSS & Corr. Earl of Charlemont (1894) II. 265 in Parl. Papers (C. 7424) XLVI. 1 It is impossible..to disavow the absolute necessity of giving a considerable degree of support to the Protestant party. 1827 Lancet 26 Apr. 121/1 I do not feel myself called upon either to avow or disavow that I am the writer of the report. †3. transitive. To refuse to accept or consider; to decline. Also with infinitive as object. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > decline to receive or accept forsakea800 refusec1400 renayc1400 repelc1443 reject1532 disavow1579 balk1587 deny1590 disaccept1647 to pass up1896 to turn down1900 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xiii. 732 But the inhabitauntes of Faenza disauowing al mutinies, the armie passed further. 1629 G. Chapman tr. Juvenal Fifth Satyre in Iustification Nero 18 An Oyle, for whose strength Romans disauow To Bathe with Boccharis. 1640 T. Fuller Joseph's Coat 127 They..disavow to have any further dealing with worldly contentments. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 364 The Mexicans disavow all peace with their neighbouring enemies..that they may be stored with prisoners of war for sacrifice. 1731 W. Arnall Case of Opposition Stated 17 Ambitious Men..were pleased from henceforth to call it a national Cause, and disavowed all Regard to less important Concernments. Derivatives disaˈvowable adj. [compare Anglo-Norman desavouable that may not be avowed, unlawful (13th cent.)] that may or should be disavowed; liable to be disavowed. ΚΠ 1632 T. E. Lawes Womens Rights iv. 232 Maidens and wiues vowes made vpon their soules to the Lord himselfe of heauen and earth, were all disauowable and infringible, by their parents or husbands. a1686 J. Turner Mem. (1829) 20 A thing inhumane and disavouable. 1889 Sat. Rev. 28 Sept. 345/2 The disavowable, but not yet disavowed, agents of Russia. 1966 San Antonio (Texas) Light 20 Feb. 13 a/1 The so-called ‘war of liberation’ as a cheap, safe and disavowable technique for the future expansion of militant communism. 2013 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 5 May (Features section) 3 How can the desire for equal rights irrespective of gender be disavowable? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1400
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