disclaimv.

Brit.

/dɪˈskleɪm/, U.S.

/dɪˈskleɪm/

Forms: late Middle English discleyme, late Middle English dysclayme, late Middle English–1500s (1600s Scottish) disclame, late Middle English–1600s disclayme, 1500s dysclaim, 1500s–1600s disclaime, 1500s– disclaim, 1600s desclaim, 1600s desclaime.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French desclamer, desclaim-, disclaimer.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Law French desclamer, disclamer (stressed stem desclaim-, disclaim-; also, with remodelling after the stressed stem, disclaimer, disclaymer) to repudiate or disavow (a tenancy obligation or relationship) (end of the 13th cent. or earlier used intransitively, early 14th cent. or earlier used transitively, a1481 or earlier used intransitively with preposition en ) < des- , dis- dis- prefix + clamer claim v. Compare post-classical Latin disclamare (frequently from early 14th cent. in British sources).In sense 7b apparently arising from confusion with declaim v. (compare slightly earlier declaim v. 2 and slightly later declaim v. 6). Forms with medial -ai- , -ay- are probably largely due to association with claim v. Compare proclaim v., reclaim v., declaim v.

1. Law (originally Feudal Law).

a. transitive. To repudiate or disavow (a tenancy obligation or relationship), often by making a formal disclaimer (disclaimer n.¹ 1a). Also with clause or infinitive as object, esp. in to disclaim to hold of (a person) and variants.In the feudal period this term was used to refer to acts of repudiation by vassals or their superiors, but more commonly the former. In modern use, it is usually restricted to acts of repudiation by tenants.

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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > claim at law > [verb (transitive)] > relinquish a claim

disclaim1434

1434 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 195 (MED) Þe boundis of þe said Berwyk & Rokisburgh..which..þe Kyng of Scottes disclamys.

?1435 in C. L. Kingsford Chrons. London (1905) 58 They off Irlond ben in poynt to chese a kyng amongis hem, and to dysclayme that they wole holde off yow.

c1523 J. Rastell Expos. Terminorum Legum Anglorum sig. C.1/2 Disclamer is where y^e lorde distreynith hys tenaunt... Yf the tenaunt sey that he disclamyth to hold of hym this is callyd a disclaym.

1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 238 All Normandy Robert should haue..And Wyllyam England..And either other releace and whole disclayme.

1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. ii. v. 165 Disclamation is that casuality, whereby a vassal forfeits his whole feu to his superiour, if he disowns or disclaims him without ground, as to any part of it.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 123 Tenant for life may also forfeit his estate by disclaiming to hold of his lord.

1856 J. M. Patton & R. B. Heath Gen. Index to Grattan's Rep. 180 Quære: If a tenant can disclaim holding under his landlord, and set up an adverse title, without first surrendering possession of the premises?

1921 Dominion Law Rep. (Canada) 59 25 His entry into possession of the leased premises and their occupation by him..shall not..effect his right to disclaim or to surrender possession.

2008 F. Bennett Bennett on Bankruptcy (ed. 10) 194 Section 65.2 provides that a tenant may disclaim a commercial lease.

b. intransitive. Now rare.

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1449–50 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1449 §55. m. 18 That no maner persoon in the seides shires..arettid, accusid or endited of felony, yn eny wyse be amittid to disclayme out of the seide shire..where he is so enditid, accusid or arettid.

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.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 201 If the Lord faile, he loses his tenure, and the tenant might thence forth disclaime, and hold over for ever.

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. ii. xiii. 120 He that hath both right and Power, and will not seise, disclaimes.

1797 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. at Disclaimer And when a tenant hath disclaimed, upon action brought against him, he shall not have restitution on writ of error, &c. against his own act.

1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. at Disclaimer Such person as cannot lose the thing perpetually in which he disclaims, shall not be permitted to disclaim.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 494 The law adjudges the frank tenement in B. till he disagrees or disclaims.

1900 S. Wright Law of Landlord & Tenant viii. 459 If..the trustee serves the lessor with his intention to disclaim.

†c. intransitive with in (indicating the thing disclaimed). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > claim at law > [verb (intransitive)] > relinquish a claim

disclaim1528

1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xii^v The lorde..may dysclayme in the lordshyp, & so put out the tenaunte of his warranty.

1532 C. St. German Fyrst Dialogue in Eng. ii. xxxiii. f. 85 If the deane or mayster wyll refuse or disclayme in the landes that they haue by the deuise or remaindre that that disclaymour without the chapitre or bretherne is voyde.

a1616 C. Calthrope Relation Lord of Mannor & Coppy-holder (1635) 68 But if a Coppy-holder doth Alien his Land by Free deed,..or disclaime in the Land being summoned to the Lords Court, [etc.].

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. ii. vii. f. 102 But if the tenant in Frankalmoigne bring a Writt of Mesne against his Lord, the Lord cannot disclayme in the Seigniorie.

1759 Charter granted by King William & Queen Mary, Province of Mass.-bay New-Eng. 243 If any of them disclaims in the whole, and the Plaintiff cannot prove his the Defendant's Possession of the Premisses,..he shall recover his Costs.

1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. at Disclaimer Such person as cannot lose the thing perpetually in which he disclaims, shall not be permitted to disclaim.

2. gen.

†a. intransitive. To reject or disavow any part in something. Obsolete.Arising as an extended use of sense 1c.

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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (intransitive)]

warn1297

to say nay?a1300

refusec1400

assoinc1440

escondyte?1518

nay1532

disclaim1560

nay-saya1800

1560 A. L. tr. J. Calvin Serm. Songe Ezechias iv As if God would reject them, and utterly disclaime in them [Fr. qu'il les desauouast].

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 196 Disclayming in that which vertue auaunceth not.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 52 You cowardly rascall, nature disclaimes in thee.

a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd i. iv. 19 in Wks. (1640) III The sowrer sort Of Shepherds now disclaime in all such sport.

b. transitive. To disavow any connection with or claim to; to renounce or reject as not belonging or due to oneself; to disown formally or emphatically.

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > disapprove and reject

disallow?1387

reproach1534

repudiate1548

disclaim1565

disallowa1571

disapprove1644

disown1650

no-ball1862

red-line1958

1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare xix. 590 If they should happen, as now, vpon mislike, vtterly to disclaime, and denie the same [sc. errors].

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 70 There I throw my gage, Disclaiming here the kinred of the King, And lay aside my high bloudes royaltie.

1636 T. Heywood Challenge for Beautie ii. sig. C3 Sir, shee's yours, Or I disclaime her ever.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 93 A short Protestation..in which all men should..disclaim and renounce the having any Intelligence, or holding any Correspondence with the Rebels.

1709 A. Pope Spring in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 729 Tell me but this, and I'll disclaim the Prize.

1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. III. 68 The real author..obliged him afterwards to disclaim the work in print.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 224 Socrates disclaims the character of a professional eristic.

1895 W. E. Gladstone Let. 8 Aug. in Daily News 12 Aug. 5/4 I entirely disclaim the hatred and hostility to Turks, or any race of men, which you ascribe to me.

1906 J. Joyce Let. 25 Sept. (1966) II. 166 Ibsen..seems to have disclaimed some of the rumorosity attaching to A Doll's House.

1959 K. Rexroth Bird in Bush 120 The various sects descended from Manichaeanism have all disclaimed dualism.

2001 Sci. Amer. Oct. 43/1 Why..encourage cybermilitias? ‘It's very simple. If you have an unofficial army, you can disclaim them at any time.’

c. transitive. With complement. To deny or refuse to accept (a person) as being something specified.

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the mind > language > statement > repudiation or refusal to acknowledge > repudiate or refuse to acknowledge [verb (transitive)]

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abrenunciate1618

unowna1657

disown1666

refute1886

slam1973

1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xi. lxviii. 288 That Helen did disclaime her selfe, for Helen, in her Glas.

1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xlv. 454 Disclaiming him to be her sonne.

1670 I. Walton Life H. Wotton 59 in Lives To perswade him..to disclaim himself a Member of the Church of England.

1766 G. Colman Clandestine Marriage iii. 38 I disclaim her as a niece, Sir John; Miss Sterling disclaims her as a sister.

1820 J. S. Knowles Virginius i. ii. 19 If he has acted with the remotest understanding..that we are cursed withal, I disclaim him as my friend.

1923 J. M. A. Roscoe Bakitara or Banyoro 19 Mother's sister's husband... Some speak of him as father, ise; others disclaim him as a relative.

2002 Legacy 19 157/2 A woman could be an icon, or she could inspire art as muse, but nineteenth-century biological determinations disclaimed her as a ‘classical’ artist.

3. Law.

a. transitive. To repudiate a connection with or interest in; to renounce or deny a legal claim to (a right, an office, an estate, etc.). Also intransitive. Cf. renounce v. 2.

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the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)]

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forlet971

to reach upOE

agiveOE

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to hold up?1499

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to cast up?1529

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disclaim1567

to fling up1587

to give up1589

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to give off1613

disownc1620

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abdicate1633

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to pass away1650

to turn off1667

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to jack up1870

chuck up (the sponge)1878

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to jack in1948

punt1966

to-leave-

1567 T. Stapleton Counterblast iii. xxxi. f. 341^v Nor Philip Valesius the Frenche kinge make yowe to disclaime your iurisdiction.

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Z2/1 If a man deny himselfe to be of the blood or kindred of another in his plee, he is said to disclaime his blood.

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Z2/1 If a man arraigned of felonie do disclaime goods, being cleared he leeseth them.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 247 I am not Sir Roberts sonne, I haue disclaim'd Sir Robert and my land, Legitimation, name, and all is gone.

1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. at Disclaimer In Chancery, if a Defendant by his Answer Disclaim the having any interest in the thing in question, this is also called a Disclaimer.

1727 Act for Making Will of Sir John Cass Effectual 4 And also at the same time release and disclaim unto his said Executors, all her Right and Interest in her Customary Part of his Personal Estate.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 249 Upon this the bishop and the clerk usually disclaim all title.

1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 182 An executor may, before probate, disclaim the executorship.

1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 182 He [sc. an executor] cannot so disclaim after he has proved the will of his own testator.

1926 Harvard Law Rev. 40 516 There are certain inconveniences arising if one holds that title passes at once to the devisee until he disclaims.

1986 M. Berlins Law & You (1988) 163/2 Can I just refuse the inheritance? Yes, you are entitled to ‘disclaim’ the gift if you want to.

2005 D. Keenan Smith & Keenan's Co. Law (ed. 13) 562 The liquidator must disclaim in writing within twelve months.

2012 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 25 Feb. (Business section) 2 The terms of the will could be altered by a Deed of Variation if the brother agrees, or he could disclaim his right to receive the shares.

b. transitive. To relinquish (a section of a patent) by submitting a disclaimer (disclaimer n.¹ 1c), with the aim of ensuring that the remainder of the patent continues to be valid.

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1824 J. B. Moore Rep. Cases Common Pleas 6 84 Here, if the plaintiff had intended to claim an improved method in spinning and twisting the threads composing the cloth, he might have confined his patent to that alone, and disclaimed the exclusion of starch, as being his own discovery.

1835 Ld. Brougham 3 June in Hansard 3rd Ser. XXVIII. 474 The parts disclaimed should not detrimentally affect the other parts of the invention.

1888 R. Griffin Patent Cases Decided 12 Application..to disclaim the 8th claim.

1956 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 4 Dec. tm5/2 Magic Marker. Applicant disclaims the term ‘Marker’ apart from the mark as a whole.

2010 Mondaq Business Briefing (Nexis) 26 Aug. Disclaimers may be filed with the patent office by a patentee after the issuance of a patent to unilaterally renounce or disclaim those portions of the claimed invention that were inadvertently included.

†4.

a. intransitive. To make renunciation of something; to dissent or disassociate oneself from something. Obsolete.

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the mind > language > statement > dissent or disagreement > dissent or disagree [verb (intransitive)] > dissociate oneself

disclaim1578

speak for yourself1738

1578 J. Bell tr. J. Foxe Serm. Christening Certaine Iew sig. E.iiii^v You professe in wordes the letter of the lawe, but vtterly disclayme from the spirituall meaning of the lawe in your deedes.

1604 R. Parsons 3rd Pt. Treat. Conuersions in Treat. Three Conuersions Eng. II. vii. 360 He disclaymed from the Bohemians or Hussits and their opinions.

1624 Ld. Keeper J. Williams in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 203 He disclayminge from all fees and profitts of the place.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 125 Catascopo disclaimed from having ever named me.

1688 in H. Paton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1932) 3rd Ser. XIII. 240 It wes never our intentione that any such process should be raised.., and therfor we..disclame and pass from the said process.

1788 European Mag. May 380/2 They wholly disclaim from taking any part in what passed at that sitting.

b. intransitive. To become separated or disconnected from something. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate, come, or go apart [verb (intransitive)]

to-dealeOE

shedc1000

asunderOE

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sunderc1225

twin?c1225

atwin?a1400

to make separationc1450

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spread1611

separate1638

disclaim1644

to come apart1764

to go separate ways1774

twine1886

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. vi. 406 These two conditions..do openly disclayme from quantity, and from matter.

a. transitive. To refuse to admit or acknowledge; to deny. Also intransitive: to make a denial.Now the most common sense.

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society > authority > lack of subjection > refuse to submit to [verb (transitive)]

refusec1391

disclaim1585

recuse1721

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

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

atsakec1000

nick?c1225

renege1548

nay-saya1800

disclaima1817

1585 Declar. Kings Maiesties Intentioun toward Lait Actis Parl. sig. A.iii Certaine Ministers..wald in na wayes acknawlege, bot disclamit his Maiest. authoritie, as ane incompetent Iudge.

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. i. xv. 27 They likewise disclaimed the Authority of the Pope.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xliii. 585 The troops..disclaimed the command of their superiors.

a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. i. 12 Catherine blushed and disclaimed, and the gentleman's predictions [of her good nature] were verified.

1834 Pearl & Lit. Gaz. 1 Feb. 103/3 Preliminary to the..authentic memoir of an eminent jurist and true American, we should not deem it necessary to disclaim all political partialities.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. ii. iv. 203 They agree with the Báudhas..in disclaiming the divine authority of the Védas.

1934 D. Hammett Thin Man iii. 10 He..disclaimed any knowledge of his client's whereabouts.

1950 Ethics 60 203/1 While many disclaim the authority of their science..some add..there are no others which are rational.

2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 3 Mar. 54/2 People in the media disclaim responsibility, mumbling about the amorphous people's-right-to-know.

†b. transitive. To refuse or reject the claims of (a person); to refuse (something claimed or due). Obsolete.

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

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forwerpeOE

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nillOE

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to throw awaya1382

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to put awaya1387

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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

c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 316 Quha sa lykis now to trubill and molest his nychtbour Disclames his richtious superiour.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 183 These then are the rights that the King claimed, and the Clergy disclaimed at the first.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 39 Let none to strangers honours due disclaim.

1769 W. Robertson View State of Europe iii, in Hist. Charles V I. 153 It was lawful for the people to disclaim him as their sovereign.

1801 Gentlemen's Mag. Jan. 4 False Tenderness disclaiming due severity.

†6. transitive. With infinitive. To refuse or decline to do something. Obsolete.

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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > refuse to do something

warnc900

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wondec1315

refusea1325

denya1400

nayc1400

recusec1425

renayc1489

renounce1582

disclaim1586

to draw the line1839

1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. I2^v Yet disclaime you to bee married, you will heare of no suters.

1586 W. Warner Æneidos in Albions Eng. sig. Pi I that will not lyue to heare it so, hartily disclaime to haue it so.

1681 T. Frankland Ann. King James & King Charles I 830/1 They did at their Debate and Conference with you, disclaim to meddle with the matter of Subsidies or Supplies.

1778 Town & Country Mag. May 170/2 If sweet domestic happiness disclaim To soothe the hero when his toils are o'er.

1795 J. Hurdis in Speaker (new ed.) ii. xxv. 75 Then to town Hies the gay spark for futile purposes, And deeds my bashful muse disclaims to name.

1805 Miniature No. 32. ⁋13 The errors of the schoolboy will become the errors of the man, if he disclaims to adopt my practice.

†a. transitive. To denounce (a person). Usually with complement. Obsolete.

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)]

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witec893

accuseOE

bespeaka1000

forwrayOE

atwiteOE

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1590 J. Egerton in H. Barrow & J. Greenwood Coll. Certain Lett. & Conf. 32 I shalbe readye to disclayme you wheresoeuer I come, not only for men voyde of pietie, but euen of ciuile honestie also.

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. ii. xv. 63 The Arminians [were] reviled, and disclaimed, as no better then half Traytors, by the very dregs of the People.

b. intransitive. With against. To speak in condemnation of; to inveigh against; = declaim v. 2.

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > denunciation > denounce [verb (intransitive)]

disclaim1612

1612 J. Gordon Εἰρηνοκοινωνία sig. D2^v S. Peter in his second Epistle, Chap. 2. verse 13. disclaimeth against false Christians.

1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. 202 Hee is not..ashamed to quarrell, first with his Patron, and openly disclaim against the poor value of his Benefice.

1706 J. Sergeant Acct. Chapter Bp. Chalcedon (1853) 81 That he resolutely oppose it, and disclaim against it, in the chapter's name.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. i. 90 Which bears an exact Analogy to the Vice here disclaimed against.

1831 Manch. Times & Gaz. 2 Apr. 518/1 Persons whose policy, we judge, from the manner in which it is disclaimed against in the revolutionary journals, will be pacific and anti-progressive.

1941 T. Jalland Life & Times St. Leo iv. 84 The author disclaims against the harmful effects of ambition and jealousy, which he regards as the main source of the trouble in the Corinthian Church.

2011 E. MacKay Persecution, Plague & Fire 51 In the Confessions..he [sc. St. Augustine] disclaims against ‘stage-playes’.

8. transitive. Heraldry. To declare (a person) to be not entitled to use and display an armorial bearing. Also: (of such a person) to relinquish (an armorial bearing) (also intransitive). historical after the 17th cent.These declarations were instituted by heralds during visitations (visitation n. 1c) under the authority of the Crown, and usually involved the signing of a disclaimer (disclaimer n.¹ 2). The person disclaimed would usually be one who had assumed the title of gentleman, esquire, or similar without having the right to do so.In earlier sources referred to as making a person infamous by proclamation: see quot. 1583.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > exhibit armorial bearings [verb (transitive)] > proclaim or declare

disclaim1613

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > make infamous [verb (transitive)] > make legally infamous > declare unentitled to bear arms

disclaim1613

1583 Visitation of Staffs. in Coll. Hist. Staffs. (1882) III. ii. 12 To reprove, controll, and make infamous by Proclamatyon all such as unlawfully, and w^thout just authoritye, vocatyon, or due callinge, doe or have done, or shall usurpe, or take upon him or them any name or tytle of honor or dignitye, as Esq^r, or Gentleman, or other.]

1613 in Trans. Hist. Soc. Lancs. & Cheshire (1893) 43–44 80 This is a trew copie of thos[e] that [were] disclaymed at Sr Rich. St. George Norroy Kinge of Armes Visetation of the county of Chester 1613 and taken by me Randle Holme of Chester deputy to the sayd Norroy.

1634 Visitation of Derby in J. P. Rylands Disclaimers at Heralds' Visitations (1888) p. ix Rob^t. Wilmott, Chadderton, for usurping the Title of Gent, notwithstanding having been disclaimed in the Visitation made 1611.

1665 Visitation of Berks. in W. H. Rylands Four Visitations Berks. (1908) II. 22 John Payne clerke, Disclaimes.

1829 J. Cottle Malvern Hills (ed. 4) I. vi. 414 Those who were unable to adduce such proofs of their right, or were unwilling to discharge the fees of ‘taking out arms’, were recorded in the ‘visitation books’, as disclaiming such ensigns of honour.

1888 J. P. Rylands Disclaimers at Heralds' Visitations viii The practice seems to have been for the visiting Herald to induce the persons summoned to disclaim under their hands if they would.

1983 J. P. Cooper Land, Men & Beliefs iii. 77 Those who failed to appear could be summoned to appear before the Earl Marshall and were warned that usurpers ‘without just authority or due calling’ would be publicly disclaimed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	disclaim
释义	disclaimn. Brit. /dɪˈskleɪm/, U.S. /dɪˈskleɪm/ Forms: late Middle English disclayme, late Middle English discleyme, 1500s disclaym, 1500s–1600s disclaime, 1600s– disclaim. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: French disclame ; disclaim v. Etymology: Partly (i) < Anglo-Norman disclame, desclayme, descleym, descleyme disclaimer (beginning of the 14th cent. or earlier; < disclaimer , disclamer , desclamer disclaim v.), and partly (ii) (in later use) < disclaim v. Compare post-classical Latin disclamium disclaimer, renunciation (from late 13th cent. in British sources). Compare disclaimer n.¹ The action of disclaiming; renunciation, repudiation, denial; an instance of this. In early use also: †= disclaimer n.¹ 1a (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > repudiation or refusal to acknowledge > [noun] unknowledgea1400 disclaimc1436 disappropriation1555 abrenunciation1557 disclaiming1574 disavowry1588 disavowing1602 disclamation1606 disavowment1618 disavower1648 disavowal1660 disavowancea1716 disclaimer1748 repudiation1858 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > denial or contradiction thwert-ut nay1277 defence?c1400 traverse1405 disclaimc1436 disclaimerc1436 denial1728 rebutment1823 rebuttal1831 c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 87 (MED) Ȝif [printed zif] that tenaunt..discleyme to holden of that axand be devis the same tenement..be not his discleyme [Fr. desclamer] resceyved aȝeyn [printed azeyn] the award afornseid. c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 35 The said king Lowes relese was..a disclayme frome the kinges of Fraunce for ever. c1523 J. Rastell Expos. Terminorum Legum Anglorum sig. C.1/2 Yf the tenaunt sey that he disclamyth to hold of hym this is callyd a disclaym [Fr. un disclayme]. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. i. 281/1 The associates of Britaine were now returned with vtter disclaime of further assistance. 1662 J. Sergeant Jesuits Reasons (1675) 128 You..make your disclaim of these..Opinions. 1674 P. Walsh Some Quest. Oath Allegiance 29 The disclaim of His indirect Authority over Kings. 1786 Mrs. Johnson Francis III. 85 A blush, not of disclaim, spread her cheek. 1848 Christian Reformer June 374/1 Its claim and its disclaim concur..to justify the hopes with which you will watch its rising walls. 1958 R. K. Merton Social Theory 576 He was..one of the principal protagonists..of the disclaim of a sterile scholasticism. 2006 M. Turton tr. H. Ghubash Oman 190 The treaty of al-Sīb [imposed by Great Britain]..became the first foundation of the legitimacy of the imama in the eyes of international law and in that capacity, the chief subject of disclaim by that same Great Britain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). disclaimv. Brit. /dɪˈskleɪm/, U.S. /dɪˈskleɪm/ Forms: late Middle English discleyme, late Middle English dysclayme, late Middle English–1500s (1600s Scottish) disclame, late Middle English–1600s disclayme, 1500s dysclaim, 1500s–1600s disclaime, 1500s– disclaim, 1600s desclaim, 1600s desclaime. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French desclamer, desclaim-, disclaimer. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Law French desclamer, disclamer (stressed stem desclaim-, disclaim-; also, with remodelling after the stressed stem, disclaimer, disclaymer) to repudiate or disavow (a tenancy obligation or relationship) (end of the 13th cent. or earlier used intransitively, early 14th cent. or earlier used transitively, a1481 or earlier used intransitively with preposition en ) < des- , dis- dis- prefix + clamer claim v. Compare post-classical Latin disclamare (frequently from early 14th cent. in British sources).In sense 7b apparently arising from confusion with declaim v. (compare slightly earlier declaim v. 2 and slightly later declaim v. 6). Forms with medial -ai- , -ay- are probably largely due to association with claim v. Compare proclaim v., reclaim v., declaim v. 1. Law (originally Feudal Law). a. transitive. To repudiate or disavow (a tenancy obligation or relationship), often by making a formal disclaimer (disclaimer n.¹ 1a). Also with clause or infinitive as object, esp. in to disclaim to hold of (a person) and variants.In the feudal period this term was used to refer to acts of repudiation by vassals or their superiors, but more commonly the former. In modern use, it is usually restricted to acts of repudiation by tenants. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > claim at law > [verb (transitive)] > relinquish a claim disclaim1434 1434 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 195 (MED) Þe boundis of þe said Berwyk & Rokisburgh..which..þe Kyng of Scottes disclamys. ?1435 in C. L. Kingsford Chrons. London (1905) 58 They off Irlond ben in poynt to chese a kyng amongis hem, and to dysclayme that they wole holde off yow. c1523 J. Rastell Expos. Terminorum Legum Anglorum sig. C.1/2 Disclamer is where y^e lorde distreynith hys tenaunt... Yf the tenaunt sey that he disclamyth to hold of hym this is callyd a disclaym. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 238 All Normandy Robert should haue..And Wyllyam England..And either other releace and whole disclayme. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. ii. v. 165 Disclamation is that casuality, whereby a vassal forfeits his whole feu to his superiour, if he disowns or disclaims him without ground, as to any part of it. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 123 Tenant for life may also forfeit his estate by disclaiming to hold of his lord. 1856 J. M. Patton & R. B. Heath Gen. Index to Grattan's Rep. 180 Quære: If a tenant can disclaim holding under his landlord, and set up an adverse title, without first surrendering possession of the premises? 1921 Dominion Law Rep. (Canada) 59 25 His entry into possession of the leased premises and their occupation by him..shall not..effect his right to disclaim or to surrender possession. 2008 F. Bennett Bennett on Bankruptcy (ed. 10) 194 Section 65.2 provides that a tenant may disclaim a commercial lease. b. intransitive. Now rare. ΚΠ 1449–50 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1449 §55. m. 18 That no maner persoon in the seides shires..arettid, accusid or endited of felony, yn eny wyse be amittid to disclayme out of the seide shire..where he is so enditid, accusid or arettid. 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. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 201 If the Lord faile, he loses his tenure, and the tenant might thence forth disclaime, and hold over for ever. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. ii. xiii. 120 He that hath both right and Power, and will not seise, disclaimes. 1797 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. at Disclaimer And when a tenant hath disclaimed, upon action brought against him, he shall not have restitution on writ of error, &c. against his own act. 1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. at Disclaimer Such person as cannot lose the thing perpetually in which he disclaims, shall not be permitted to disclaim. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 494 The law adjudges the frank tenement in B. till he disagrees or disclaims. 1900 S. Wright Law of Landlord & Tenant viii. 459 If..the trustee serves the lessor with his intention to disclaim. †c. intransitive with in (indicating the thing disclaimed). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > claim at law > [verb (intransitive)] > relinquish a claim disclaim1528 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xii^v The lorde..may dysclayme in the lordshyp, & so put out the tenaunte of his warranty. 1532 C. St. German Fyrst Dialogue in Eng. ii. xxxiii. f. 85 If the deane or mayster wyll refuse or disclayme in the landes that they haue by the deuise or remaindre that that disclaymour without the chapitre or bretherne is voyde. a1616 C. Calthrope Relation Lord of Mannor & Coppy-holder (1635) 68 But if a Coppy-holder doth Alien his Land by Free deed,..or disclaime in the Land being summoned to the Lords Court, [etc.]. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. ii. vii. f. 102 But if the tenant in Frankalmoigne bring a Writt of Mesne against his Lord, the Lord cannot disclayme in the Seigniorie. 1759 Charter granted by King William & Queen Mary, Province of Mass.-bay New-Eng. 243 If any of them disclaims in the whole, and the Plaintiff cannot prove his the Defendant's Possession of the Premisses,..he shall recover his Costs. 1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. at Disclaimer Such person as cannot lose the thing perpetually in which he disclaims, shall not be permitted to disclaim. 2. gen. †a. intransitive. To reject or disavow any part in something. Obsolete.Arising as an extended use of sense 1c. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (intransitive)] warn1297 to say nay?a1300 refusec1400 assoinc1440 escondyte?1518 nay1532 disclaim1560 nay-saya1800 1560 A. L. tr. J. Calvin Serm. Songe Ezechias iv As if God would reject them, and utterly disclaime in them [Fr. qu'il les desauouast]. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 196 Disclayming in that which vertue auaunceth not. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 52 You cowardly rascall, nature disclaimes in thee. View more context for this quotation a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd i. iv. 19 in Wks. (1640) III The sowrer sort Of Shepherds now disclaime in all such sport. View more context for this quotation b. transitive. To disavow any connection with or claim to; to renounce or reject as not belonging or due to oneself; to disown formally or emphatically. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > disapprove and reject disallow?1387 reproach1534 repudiate1548 disclaim1565 disallowa1571 disapprove1644 disown1650 no-ball1862 red-line1958 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare xix. 590 If they should happen, as now, vpon mislike, vtterly to disclaime, and denie the same [sc. errors]. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 70 There I throw my gage, Disclaiming here the kinred of the King, And lay aside my high bloudes royaltie. 1636 T. Heywood Challenge for Beautie ii. sig. C3 Sir, shee's yours, Or I disclaime her ever. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 93 A short Protestation..in which all men should..disclaim and renounce the having any Intelligence, or holding any Correspondence with the Rebels. 1709 A. Pope Spring in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 729 Tell me but this, and I'll disclaim the Prize. 1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. III. 68 The real author..obliged him afterwards to disclaim the work in print. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 224 Socrates disclaims the character of a professional eristic. 1895 W. E. Gladstone Let. 8 Aug. in Daily News 12 Aug. 5/4 I entirely disclaim the hatred and hostility to Turks, or any race of men, which you ascribe to me. 1906 J. Joyce Let. 25 Sept. (1966) II. 166 Ibsen..seems to have disclaimed some of the rumorosity attaching to A Doll's House. 1959 K. Rexroth Bird in Bush 120 The various sects descended from Manichaeanism have all disclaimed dualism. 2001 Sci. Amer. Oct. 43/1 Why..encourage cybermilitias? ‘It's very simple. If you have an unofficial army, you can disclaim them at any time.’ c. transitive. With complement. To deny or refuse to accept (a person) as being something specified. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > repudiation or refusal to acknowledge > repudiate or refuse to acknowledge [verb (transitive)] dissolve1382 denyc1384 renaya1450 forswearc1475 repudy1477 disallowa1513 abrenounce1537 repudiate1560 have1579 disclaim1596 renounce1617 abrenunciate1618 unowna1657 disown1666 refute1886 slam1973 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xi. lxviii. 288 That Helen did disclaime her selfe, for Helen, in her Glas. 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xlv. 454 Disclaiming him to be her sonne. 1670 I. Walton Life H. Wotton 59 in Lives To perswade him..to disclaim himself a Member of the Church of England. 1766 G. Colman Clandestine Marriage iii. 38 I disclaim her as a niece, Sir John; Miss Sterling disclaims her as a sister. 1820 J. S. Knowles Virginius i. ii. 19 If he has acted with the remotest understanding..that we are cursed withal, I disclaim him as my friend. 1923 J. M. A. Roscoe Bakitara or Banyoro 19 Mother's sister's husband... Some speak of him as father, ise; others disclaim him as a relative. 2002 Legacy 19 157/2 A woman could be an icon, or she could inspire art as muse, but nineteenth-century biological determinations disclaimed her as a ‘classical’ artist. 3. Law. a. transitive. To repudiate a connection with or interest in; to renounce or deny a legal claim to (a right, an office, an estate, etc.). Also intransitive. Cf. renounce v. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] forsakec893 forlet971 to reach upOE agiveOE yield?c1225 uptake1297 up-yield1297 yield1297 deliverc1300 to-yielda1375 overgivec1384 grant1390 forbeara1400 livera1400 forgoc1400 upgive1415 permit1429 quit1429 renderc1436 relinquish1479 abandonc1485 to hold up?1499 enlibertyc1500 surrender1509 cess1523 relent1528 to cast up?1529 resignate1531 uprender1551 demit1563 disclaim1567 to fling up1587 to give up1589 quittance1592 vail1593 enfeoff1598 revoke1599 to give off1613 disownc1620 succumb1632 abdicate1633 delinquish1645 discount1648 to pass away1650 to turn off1667 choke1747 to jack up1870 chuck up (the sponge)1878 chuckc1879 unget1893 sling1902 to jack in1948 punt1966 to-leave- 1567 T. Stapleton Counterblast iii. xxxi. f. 341^v Nor Philip Valesius the Frenche kinge make yowe to disclaime your iurisdiction. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Z2/1 If a man deny himselfe to be of the blood or kindred of another in his plee, he is said to disclaime his blood. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Z2/1 If a man arraigned of felonie do disclaime goods, being cleared he leeseth them. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 247 I am not Sir Roberts sonne, I haue disclaim'd Sir Robert and my land, Legitimation, name, and all is gone. View more context for this quotation 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. at Disclaimer In Chancery, if a Defendant by his Answer Disclaim the having any interest in the thing in question, this is also called a Disclaimer. 1727 Act for Making Will of Sir John Cass Effectual 4 And also at the same time release and disclaim unto his said Executors, all her Right and Interest in her Customary Part of his Personal Estate. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 249 Upon this the bishop and the clerk usually disclaim all title. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 182 An executor may, before probate, disclaim the executorship. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 182 He [sc. an executor] cannot so disclaim after he has proved the will of his own testator. 1926 Harvard Law Rev. 40 516 There are certain inconveniences arising if one holds that title passes at once to the devisee until he disclaims. 1986 M. Berlins Law & You (1988) 163/2 Can I just refuse the inheritance? Yes, you are entitled to ‘disclaim’ the gift if you want to. 2005 D. Keenan Smith & Keenan's Co. Law (ed. 13) 562 The liquidator must disclaim in writing within twelve months. 2012 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 25 Feb. (Business section) 2 The terms of the will could be altered by a Deed of Variation if the brother agrees, or he could disclaim his right to receive the shares. b. transitive. To relinquish (a section of a patent) by submitting a disclaimer (disclaimer n.¹ 1c), with the aim of ensuring that the remainder of the patent continues to be valid. ΚΠ 1824 J. B. Moore Rep. Cases Common Pleas 6 84 Here, if the plaintiff had intended to claim an improved method in spinning and twisting the threads composing the cloth, he might have confined his patent to that alone, and disclaimed the exclusion of starch, as being his own discovery. 1835 Ld. Brougham 3 June in Hansard 3rd Ser. XXVIII. 474 The parts disclaimed should not detrimentally affect the other parts of the invention. 1888 R. Griffin Patent Cases Decided 12 Application..to disclaim the 8th claim. 1956 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 4 Dec. tm5/2 Magic Marker. Applicant disclaims the term ‘Marker’ apart from the mark as a whole. 2010 Mondaq Business Briefing (Nexis) 26 Aug. Disclaimers may be filed with the patent office by a patentee after the issuance of a patent to unilaterally renounce or disclaim those portions of the claimed invention that were inadvertently included. †4. a. intransitive. To make renunciation of something; to dissent or disassociate oneself from something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > dissent or disagreement > dissent or disagree [verb (intransitive)] > dissociate oneself disclaim1578 speak for yourself1738 1578 J. Bell tr. J. Foxe Serm. Christening Certaine Iew sig. E.iiii^v You professe in wordes the letter of the lawe, but vtterly disclayme from the spirituall meaning of the lawe in your deedes. 1604 R. Parsons 3rd Pt. Treat. Conuersions in Treat. Three Conuersions Eng. II. vii. 360 He disclaymed from the Bohemians or Hussits and their opinions. 1624 Ld. Keeper J. Williams in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 203 He disclayminge from all fees and profitts of the place. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 125 Catascopo disclaimed from having ever named me. 1688 in H. Paton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1932) 3rd Ser. XIII. 240 It wes never our intentione that any such process should be raised.., and therfor we..disclame and pass from the said process. 1788 European Mag. May 380/2 They wholly disclaim from taking any part in what passed at that sitting. b. intransitive. To become separated or disconnected from something. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate, come, or go apart [verb (intransitive)] to-dealeOE shedc1000 asunderOE to-twemea1225 sunderc1225 twin?c1225 atwin?a1400 to make separationc1450 separe1490 twain15.. sever1545 unsever1609 spread1611 separate1638 disclaim1644 to come apart1764 to go separate ways1774 twine1886 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. vi. 406 These two conditions..do openly disclayme from quantity, and from matter. 5. a. transitive. To refuse to admit or acknowledge; to deny. Also intransitive: to make a denial.Now the most common sense. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > refuse to submit to [verb (transitive)] refusec1391 disclaim1585 recuse1721 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 the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > deny or contradict [verb (intransitive)] atsakec1000 nick?c1225 renege1548 nay-saya1800 disclaima1817 1585 Declar. Kings Maiesties Intentioun toward Lait Actis Parl. sig. A.iii Certaine Ministers..wald in na wayes acknawlege, bot disclamit his Maiest. authoritie, as ane incompetent Iudge. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. i. xv. 27 They likewise disclaimed the Authority of the Pope. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xliii. 585 The troops..disclaimed the command of their superiors. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. i. 12 Catherine blushed and disclaimed, and the gentleman's predictions [of her good nature] were verified. View more context for this quotation 1834 Pearl & Lit. Gaz. 1 Feb. 103/3 Preliminary to the..authentic memoir of an eminent jurist and true American, we should not deem it necessary to disclaim all political partialities. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. ii. iv. 203 They agree with the Báudhas..in disclaiming the divine authority of the Védas. 1934 D. Hammett Thin Man iii. 10 He..disclaimed any knowledge of his client's whereabouts. 1950 Ethics 60 203/1 While many disclaim the authority of their science..some add..there are no others which are rational. 2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 3 Mar. 54/2 People in the media disclaim responsibility, mumbling about the amorphous people's-right-to-know. †b. transitive. To refuse or reject the claims of (a person); to refuse (something claimed or due). Obsolete. 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 c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 316 Quha sa lykis now to trubill and molest his nychtbour Disclames his richtious superiour. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 183 These then are the rights that the King claimed, and the Clergy disclaimed at the first. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 39 Let none to strangers honours due disclaim. 1769 W. Robertson View State of Europe iii, in Hist. Charles V I. 153 It was lawful for the people to disclaim him as their sovereign. 1801 Gentlemen's Mag. Jan. 4 False Tenderness disclaiming due severity. †6. transitive. With infinitive. To refuse or decline to do something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > refuse to do something warnc900 withsaya1225 wondec1315 refusea1325 denya1400 nayc1400 recusec1425 renayc1489 renounce1582 disclaim1586 to draw the line1839 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. I2^v Yet disclaime you to bee married, you will heare of no suters. 1586 W. Warner Æneidos in Albions Eng. sig. Pi I that will not lyue to heare it so, hartily disclaime to haue it so. 1681 T. Frankland Ann. King James & King Charles I 830/1 They did at their Debate and Conference with you, disclaim to meddle with the matter of Subsidies or Supplies. 1778 Town & Country Mag. May 170/2 If sweet domestic happiness disclaim To soothe the hero when his toils are o'er. 1795 J. Hurdis in Speaker (new ed.) ii. xxv. 75 Then to town Hies the gay spark for futile purposes, And deeds my bashful muse disclaims to name. 1805 Miniature No. 32. ⁋13 The errors of the schoolboy will become the errors of the man, if he disclaims to adopt my practice. 7. †a. transitive. To denounce (a person). Usually with complement. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] edwitec825 witec893 accuseOE bespeaka1000 forwrayOE atwiteOE blamea1300 impugn1377 publishc1384 defamea1387 appeach1430 becryc1440 surmisea1485 arguea1522 infame1531 insimulate1532 note1542 tax1548 resperse1551 finger-point1563 chesoun1568 touch1570 disclaim1590 impeach1590 intent1613 question1620 accriminate1641 charge1785 cheek1877 1590 J. Egerton in H. Barrow & J. Greenwood Coll. Certain Lett. & Conf. 32 I shalbe readye to disclayme you wheresoeuer I come, not only for men voyde of pietie, but euen of ciuile honestie also. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. ii. xv. 63 The Arminians [were] reviled, and disclaimed, as no better then half Traytors, by the very dregs of the People. b. intransitive. With against. To speak in condemnation of; to inveigh against; = declaim v. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > denunciation > denounce [verb (intransitive)] disclaim1612 1612 J. Gordon Εἰρηνοκοινωνία sig. D2^v S. Peter in his second Epistle, Chap. 2. verse 13. disclaimeth against false Christians. 1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. 202 Hee is not..ashamed to quarrell, first with his Patron, and openly disclaim against the poor value of his Benefice. 1706 J. Sergeant Acct. Chapter Bp. Chalcedon (1853) 81 That he resolutely oppose it, and disclaim against it, in the chapter's name. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. i. 90 Which bears an exact Analogy to the Vice here disclaimed against. View more context for this quotation 1831 Manch. Times & Gaz. 2 Apr. 518/1 Persons whose policy, we judge, from the manner in which it is disclaimed against in the revolutionary journals, will be pacific and anti-progressive. 1941 T. Jalland Life & Times St. Leo iv. 84 The author disclaims against the harmful effects of ambition and jealousy, which he regards as the main source of the trouble in the Corinthian Church. 2011 E. MacKay Persecution, Plague & Fire 51 In the Confessions..he [sc. St. Augustine] disclaims against ‘stage-playes’. 8. transitive. Heraldry. To declare (a person) to be not entitled to use and display an armorial bearing. Also: (of such a person) to relinquish (an armorial bearing) (also intransitive). historical after the 17th cent.These declarations were instituted by heralds during visitations (visitation n. 1c) under the authority of the Crown, and usually involved the signing of a disclaimer (disclaimer n.¹ 2). The person disclaimed would usually be one who had assumed the title of gentleman, esquire, or similar without having the right to do so.In earlier sources referred to as making a person infamous by proclamation: see quot. 1583. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > exhibit armorial bearings [verb (transitive)] > proclaim or declare disclaim1613 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > make infamous [verb (transitive)] > make legally infamous > declare unentitled to bear arms disclaim1613 1583 Visitation of Staffs. in Coll. Hist. Staffs. (1882) III. ii. 12 To reprove, controll, and make infamous by Proclamatyon all such as unlawfully, and w^thout just authoritye, vocatyon, or due callinge, doe or have done, or shall usurpe, or take upon him or them any name or tytle of honor or dignitye, as Esq^r, or Gentleman, or other.] 1613 in Trans. Hist. Soc. Lancs. & Cheshire (1893) 43–44 80 This is a trew copie of thos[e] that [were] disclaymed at Sr Rich. St. George Norroy Kinge of Armes Visetation of the county of Chester 1613 and taken by me Randle Holme of Chester deputy to the sayd Norroy. 1634 Visitation of Derby in J. P. Rylands Disclaimers at Heralds' Visitations (1888) p. ix Rob^t. Wilmott, Chadderton, for usurping the Title of Gent, notwithstanding having been disclaimed in the Visitation made 1611. 1665 Visitation of Berks. in W. H. Rylands Four Visitations Berks. (1908) II. 22 John Payne clerke, Disclaimes. 1829 J. Cottle Malvern Hills (ed. 4) I. vi. 414 Those who were unable to adduce such proofs of their right, or were unwilling to discharge the fees of ‘taking out arms’, were recorded in the ‘visitation books’, as disclaiming such ensigns of honour. 1888 J. P. Rylands Disclaimers at Heralds' Visitations viii The practice seems to have been for the visiting Herald to induce the persons summoned to disclaim under their hands if they would. 1983 J. P. Cooper Land, Men & Beliefs iii. 77 Those who failed to appear could be summoned to appear before the Earl Marshall and were warned that usurpers ‘without just authority or due calling’ would be publicly disclaimed. 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