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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disown.

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Examples

  • In a letter to Murray, March 6, 1816, he says that he "disowns"'The Curse, etc.',

    Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

  • Although Brendel generally does not look kindly upon his distant discographical past (he apparently "disowns" his world-premiere Prokofiev Fifth Concerto that closes disc 35), he certainly has little for which to apologize here, musically and pianistically speaking.

    AvaxHome RSS: sankarihauta 2010

  • Although Brendel generally does not look kindly upon his distant discographical past (he apparently "disowns" his world-premiere Prokofiev Fifth Concerto that closes disc 35), he certainly has little for which to apologize here, musically and pianistically speaking.

    AvaxHome RSS: sankarihauta 2010

  • Although Brendel generally does not look kindly upon his distant discographical past (he apparently "disowns" his world-premiere Prokofiev Fifth Concerto that closes disc 35), he certainly has little for which to apologize here, musically and pianistically speaking.

    AvaxHome RSS: sankarihauta 2010

  • 11: 02 AM ET -- State media: Mousavi 'disowns' Wednesday protest.

    Iran Uprising Live-Blogging (Wednesday June 24) The Huffington Post News Team 2009

  • 11:02 AM ET -- State media: Mousavi 'disowns' Wednesday protest.

    Iran Uprising Live-Blogging (Wednesday June 24) The Huffington Post News Team 2009

  • "Society disowns the suffering war creates for soldiers, and the abandonment of them is as much a cause of PTSD as is the war itself," writes Tick in his 2005 groundbreaking book, "War and the Soul."

    Leila Levinson: It Is Possible For A Veteran To Heal From War's Invisible Wounds? Leila Levinson 2011

  • "Society disowns the suffering war creates for soldiers, and the abandonment of them is as much a cause of PTSD as is the war itself," writes Tick in his 2005 groundbreaking book, "War and the Soul."

    Leila Levinson: It Is Possible For A Veteran To Heal From War's Invisible Wounds? Leila Levinson 2011

  • "Society disowns the suffering war creates for soldiers, and the abandonment of them is as much a cause of PTSD as is the war itself," writes Tick in his 2005 groundbreaking book, "War and the Soul."

    Leila Levinson: It Is Possible For A Veteran To Heal From War's Invisible Wounds? Leila Levinson 2011

  • "Society disowns the suffering war creates for soldiers, and the abandonment of them is as much a cause of PTSD as is the war itself," writes Tick in his 2005 groundbreaking book, "War and the Soul."

    Leila Levinson: It Is Possible For A Veteran To Heal From War's Invisible Wounds? Leila Levinson 2011

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