† dissaintv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To make no longer a saint; to remove from the calendar of saints; to unsaint.
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1612 T. James Treat. Corruption Script. (new ed.) iv. 39 They may as well dissaint him hereafter (as saint him now).
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